The second act of a celebrity tragedy is cleaner, simpler than the confusing first act: everyone suddenly begins to heap encomiums on the dead.

名流悲剧的第二幕比“困惑”这第一个段落清楚、简单得多：每个人都忽然开始堆积对这些死亡的赞美。

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People need to act together, the report says-though most aid workers would not be seen dead working with a police or army officer.

报告表示，人们需要协同行动——尽管大多数援助工作者绝不愿意与警察或军官在一起工作。

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In 2005, an international team of astronomers discovered that dying red giant stars could act like a defibrillator and bring icy planets back from the dead.

2005年，一组国际天文学家发现，衰亡的红巨星能够像除纤颤器一样工作，让这颗冰冷的星球起死回生。

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You're doing all these things for people who look dead, sound dead and act dead.

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As a result, dead males may act as plugs to prevent other males from copulating, ensuring that the suicidal male, not a rival, fathers the offspring.

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It guarantees rolling back what is left to be spent in the Recovery Act will stop important projects dead in their tracks, like clean energy projects.

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