1. Summer is hot and the days are long,
    夏日炎炎，夜短昼长，

2. So he took another day from February to make August as long as July.
    所以他去掉了2月份的另外一天，才使得8月和7月一样长。

3. Some of the children we encountered stared, pointed, and laughed; adults gave us long, doubting looks.
    我们遇到了一些孩子，他们盯着我们看、对着我们指指点点，而且还放声大笑；成人们则对我们投以长长的、充满怀疑的目光。

4. Steve raged spontaneously about these things on the long ride to the dump.
    这儿离垃圾场有很长一段路，在驾车去垃圾场的路上，史蒂夫忍不住气愤地叙说着这些事情。

5. Sometimes he would be obliged to wait a long time, and on occasion the officers even unloaded his entire truck!
    有时还得等上老半天。间或海关官员还要他卸车检查。

6. Polo players use long sticks to hit the wooden ball through the other team´s goal.
    打马球的人用长棍把木球打进对方的球门。

7. People travelling long distances frequently have to decide whether they would prefer to go by land, sea, or air.
    出远门的人常常需要决定是走旱路、水路，还是坐飞机。

8. Professor Camilla Benbow of Iowa State University(爱荷华州立大学) is head of a long-term study of children who are unusually good at math.
    爱荷华州立大学的卡米拉·班博教授领导着一项对具有数学特长的儿童的长期研究。

9. Most animals we commonly observe do in fact age as we do, if given the chance to live long enough;
    我们通常看到的大多数动物，即使能让它们活得足够长久的话，也会像我们一样衰老的。

10. My friend fails to mention the long and friendless winter evenings in front of the TV -- virtually the only form of entertainment.
    我的朋友没有提到在电视机前度过的漫长寂寞的冬夜--电视是唯一的娱乐形式。