1. Some of us will die sooner, a few will live longer----on into a ninth or tenth decade.
    有些人会死得早一些，少数人寿命会长一些 -- 活到八十几岁或九十几岁，

2. Perhaps in 20 years — or sooner — they will be more Westernized and insist on going home at five o'clock.
    也许20年后，或许用不了这么久，他们就会更加西方化，会坚持到五点就下班回家。

3. "You should have returned it sooner, for I might have needed it."
    “你应把项链早点还我，因为我也许会用得着。”

4. I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.
    我刚下船就一个人缠着要我买他的钻石戒指。

5. I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.
    我刚下船，就被一个人截住，他向我兜售一枚钻石戒指。

6. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead.
    我刚回到厨房，门铃又响了起来，响声足以把死人唤醒。