Dead Soul and Unofficial History of the Scholars are both classic works of satire, and Smiling Through Tears takes on the same style of satire as these two works of literature.

《死魂灵》与《儒林外史》同是讽刺艺术的典范之作，“含泪的笑”是这两部作品共同的讽刺风格。

Thy soul will be dead even sooner than thy body: fear, therefore, nothing any more!

你的灵魂甚至比身体死得还要快：因此，就再不会有害怕！

Are you dead like Rover and dead all over or does your soul go off to some other place or does some part of you get reincarnated into somebody else's body?

是像一般人一样死了就死了，还是说,你的灵魂会到别的地方去,还是说你的某些东西会在别人身上重生？

The incredibly talented R&B, jazz and soul singer Amy Winehouse , who captivated the world with both her talent and notorious lifestyle, was found dead today in her London home.

私生活备受争议，但又卓具才华的R&B、灵魂爵士乐歌手艾米-怀恩豪斯，今早被发现死在她伦敦的家中。

"Some one is dying," thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the only one who had ever loved her, and who was now dead, had told her that when a star falls, a soul was going up to God.

小姑娘想。因为她的老祖母一个已故去的唯一疼爱她的人，曾经告诉过她，一旦天上落下一颗星，就有一个灵魂回到上帝那里去了。