2. Giant hovercraft liners could span the Atlantic; 大型的气垫班轮或许能跨越大西洋。
3. People tend to live longer in most places. In Central Europe, however, life span is dropping because health care is not what it was a few years ago. 在大多数地区人们的寿命越来越长。但是在中欧,由于卫生保健不如前几年,因此寿命正在缩短。
4. It has a span of 4,260 feet. 桥长4,260英尺。
5. I had been spared, but by what? Mercy? A short attention span? Hunger? 他们没有杀我,但他们为什么这么做呢?是仁慈?是因为时间太紧而顾不上来?还是因为饥饿?