1. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds.
    数小时以前，有人向警方报告，说有人企图偷走这些钻石。

2. At a meeting of the military chiefs a few hours earlier, the British, at first hesitant, were raising additional objections to fixing the date for the invasion of northern France, known by the code name Overlord.
    在几小时之前召开的一次军事首脑会议上，英国人先是犹豫不决，后来又节外生枝，反对商定攻占法国北部，即代号为“霸王”行动的日期。

3. After the war, a character called Uncle Sam began appearing in political cartoons, his form evolving from an earlier cartoon character called Brother Jonathan that was popular during the American Revolution.
    战后，政治漫画里开始出现了一个名叫"山姆大叔"的人物。他的原型是一个早期漫画人物，名叫乔纳森大哥，此人在美国独立战争时期非常出名。

4. A conference organized earlier this year brought to London some of the biggest names from both sides of the debate.
    在今年早些时候组织的一次会议上，论战双方的知名人物聚于伦敦，

5. Another Disney spokesman said earlier that the aim of the theme park is to provide a basically American experience for those who seek it.
    迪斯尼的另一位发言人早些时候说主题公园的目的就是为那些追求美式生活的人带来基本上是美国式的体验。

6. At the time of the opening, on April 12, the company's shares were trading at 140.90 francs ($28.07), and had been as high as 170 francs earlier in the year.
    4月12日公司开张时，公司的股票价为140.90法郎（28.07美元），今年初曾高达170法郎。

7. Some experts were alarmed earlier this year when diagrams showed that four regional phone companies who are building components of the superhighway were only connecting wealthy communities.
    今年年初，当图表显示正在建造信息高速公路设施的四家地区性电话公司只接通了富人社区时，一些专家对此不无担忧。

8. It seems that man was making a real effort to understand the seasons 20,000 years earlier than has been supposed.
    看来人类早就致力于探索四季变迁了，比人们想像的要早20,000年。

9. It became clear most strongly at the shop I mentioned earlier, the one where a clerk conspicuously positioned herself in the entrance on seeing us.
    在我先前提到过的那家商店里, 就是有位营业员一见到我们就显眼地堵在大门口的那家商店, 这种令人震惊的事表现得最为突出。

10. In the United States, a survey released earlier this month found that nearly half of employed married women contribute half or more of their family’s income.
    在美国，本月初公布的一项调查表明，将近一半的已婚职业女性的收入占家庭总收入的一半或更多。