1. 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。

2. The trouble was that a year is not quite the 365 1/4 days that Sosigenes recommended.
    问题在于一年并不是像索尼西斯所提出的那样有365.25天。

3. The error was 44 minutes and 56 seconds for each leap year, or 11 minutes and 14 seconds for each single year.
    每个闰年的误差就是44分56秒或是每年11分14秒。

4. Thus the year A.D. 2000 will be a leap year, but the year 2100 will not, nor was 1900.
    这样，公元2000年就是闰年，但2100年则不是，1900年也不是。

5. This Gregorian-calendar year, remarkably accurate as it is, is about 26 seconds too long.
    这种格列高利日历年虽然已十分精确，却还是长出了26秒。

6. The room, which was fairly big, was furnished with large chairs and a round table with a green baize cover.
    房间相当大，里面装备着很多大椅子和一张覆盖着绿色台面呢的大圆桌。

7. The compulsion to turn round was almost irresistible.
    回过头去看一看的冲动几乎是难以抗拒的。

8. Then the child has, as it were, private lessons all the year round, while an adult language-student has each week a limited number of hours which he generally shares with others.
    此外，我们可以说孩子一年到头都有私人教师给他上课，而成年的语言学习者每周只有有限的几小时，而且通常都是与他人一起分享上课时间。

9. The children stood in awe round the wonderful machine as the M.P. let out his wife.
    孩子们敬畏地站在议员那个奇妙的机器旁，议员让他的夫人从车上下来。

10. This was why I didn't notice him the first year we worked together at the firm.
    这也就是为什么我们在公司里一起工作的第一年里我没有注意到他的原因。