If there are three possibilities--dead, alive, or suspended-- to be dead, we could still say you've got to be broken, incapable of P-functioning.

如果有三种可能，生存，死亡或者假死-,要死亡的话，你必须是被破坏的状态，无法拥有人格功能性。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

She remains part of the household of her father, and she's legally under the control of her father probably, or her brothers, if her father is dead; or her grandfather if her grandfather is still alive.

而是她父亲的家户，法律上受她父亲控制，如果她父亲过世，则是她兄弟;,或者她的祖父，如果还健在的话。

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It's as though we need--Normally, we think that look, either you're alive or you're dead.

通常我们都认为,人不是死就是活着。

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So, the barber is speaking about his son in such a way that he seems alive, but, in fact, he's dead. So here is one dead child playing baseball, or the memory of him playing baseball is alive with his father.

这个老理发师在用一种谈论,活人的口吻谈论他的儿子，但实际上他已经死了，那么，这里是一个打篮球的孩子的死，也许对他父亲而言，关于他打篮球的记忆将长存。

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