For the wise man who had led the Union through four years of bloody civil war Father Abraham -- was dead.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

So for our purposes, we don't have to ask ourselves when Socrates in the dialogue says something, is this a view that the dead man Socrates actually would have held or is this simply a view that the dead man Plato put in the mouth of the character Socrates?

所以,出于这门课程的目的,我们无需深究,苏格拉底在对话中的某个观点,到底是属于那个真实的受死之人苏格拉底的,还是属于已故之人柏拉图,通过作品中苏格拉底这个角色所表述的

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And then, I'm going to skip down a little bit: Though she never again called back any image of the dead man to dress up, pose, talk to and make answer, neither would she lose a new compassion for the cul-de-sac he'd tried to find a way out of, for the enigma his efforts had created.

接下来，我会跳过一些内容往下说：,虽然她从没有想起过，那个死人穿衣、摆弄姿势、,说话和回答问题时的样子，她也不会失去对他的同情，对他尝试摆脱,无路可走的困境所付出的，谜团一般的努力。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the body.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

So, to summarize, the happiest, the most fortunate man that Solon ever knew was a dead Athenian that nobody ever heard of.

总而言之,梭仑所说的,最幸福最幸运的人,是个无人知晓的已故雅典人

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

If this latest claim that the two remaining guards are also dead, that would leave only the plight of the man they were protecting unknown.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

Of what use could a dead man be to the living?

一个死人对活人有何用处？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选