1. The day of the ball arrived.
    舞会的那一天终于来到了。

2. To get his new calendar started in line with the seasons, Caesar moved New Year´s Day from March 1 to January 1, and so January became the first month of the year.
    为了使他新的日历符合四季，恺撒将新年从3月1日改为1月1日。于是一月就成为了一年的第一个月份。

3. This gave five 31-day months and seven 30-day months.
    这种方法划分出了五个有31天的月份和七个有30天的月份。

4. The Romans thought that odd numbers were lucky and they took a day from a 30-day month — from February — to get an extra 31-day month.
    罗马人认为奇数是吉祥的数字，他们从一个有30天的月份——2月份——中去掉了一天，从而又多了一个有31天的月份。

5. There were now seven 31-day months in a year, but February was left with 28 days except in leap years.
    现在一年中就有了七个有31天的月份，但是2月份除了闰年就只剩下了28天。

6. The error amounts to about one day in 3000 years.
    这种误差3000年能累积到一天。

7. The next day, November 29, Roosevelt seemed alert as ever.
    第二天，11月29日，罗斯福看上去和平日一样的活跃。

8. They remember to this day the sea-fights in a large basin of water with fleets of paper boats, which he made for them and which he would then set on fire to their great joy.
    他们至今还记得在一个大水池里的海战和他给他们做的纸船舰队，然后他还会将它们点燃来让他们高兴。

9. That morning, the morning of my first day, the morning that followed my first night, was a sunny morning.
    那天早晨——我到达后的第一天的早晨，那个紧接着我到达的第一晚的早晨——是一个阳光灿烂的早晨。

10. The day my son Larry started kindergarten (幼儿园) he gave up trousers with bibs (围嘴) and began wearing blue jeans with a belt.
    开始上幼儿园的那一天，我儿子劳里扔掉了带围涎的裤子，开始穿起束皮带的牛仔裤。