1. It is a good thing my aunt Harriet died years ago.
    我的姑妈哈丽特好多年前就去世了，这倒是件好事。

2. I have lived this long because I wanted to see my son before I died."
    我之所以能活到这么大年纪，是因为我想在我死之前再见我的儿子一面。"

3. It was nearly dawn when the patient died.
    天快亮时病人去世了。

4. It doesn't matter that he was trying to rob me. A man has died for money, not my money or his money, just money. Who put that price on his life?
    我很生气又很害怕，但我没有用枪。我害怕在我不使用枪的情况下可能发生的事情，但我更害怕杀死别人，更害怕在因为杀了人而良心遭受无尽的谴责中活着。

5. Forty percent of the patients died.
    百分之四十的病人在医院里死去。

6. Forty-two had died on the crossing, which was about average for slavers making the trans-Atlantic trip in those days.
    越过大西洋，死了42人。这个数字不高也不低，那时渡洋运奴的船，走一趟差不多都要死这么多人。