1. No, it would be the worn, fading envelope she kept for so long.
    都不是，要抢出来的该是那个已经保存很久并已破旧、发黄了的信封。

2. Nothing says love like a dozen long-stemmed roses on Valentine's Day.
    没有什么比情人节的一束长茎玫瑰更能表达爱情。

3. Not long after Christmas last year, Suzanne came to inspect my apartment and saw some new posters pasted on the wall.
    去年圣诞节，苏珊娜到我家来了解情况，看到墙上贴着新的宣传画，

4. He stayed in Belgium for a few years; then he went to France. Before long he had to move on again.
    他在比利时居住了几年, 后来到法国. 不久,他不得不再迁移.

5. How long would you stay in Africa if you had a chance to go?
    如果你有机会去非洲的话, 你打算居住多长时间?

6. How long is it since the electronic computer came into use?
    电子计算机开始应用到现在已有多久了？

7. He has been a long confinement to bed.
    他困卧在床已久。

8. How long will the connection of the telephone take?
    安装电话机与总机接通要多长时间?

9. He has had the length of the wings increased so that they now measure 93 feet-almost as long as those of a Dakota.
    他把机翼的长度增加到九十三英尺，几乎与 Dakota 飞机的机翼差不多长。

10. He was known to us all as Dickie and his eccentricity had become legendary long before he died.
    我们都叫他迪基，他的怪僻性格在他死前很久就成为传奇性的了。