1. I even went out at midnight with a torch and noted with satisfaction (and surprise) that the ants were still swarming around the sticky tape without being able to do anything about it.
    半夜，我还拿着电筒来到花园里，满意地（同时惊奇地）发现那些蚂蚁还围着胶带团团转。无能为力。

2. Is that a tape?
    那是一盘磁带吗？

3. It seems they could not find the right kind of tape to put on cars while they painted them. Either the tape stuck too much and ruined the paint job or it fell off too soon and the paint ran onto another part of the car.
    好像是他们找不到一种在给汽车喷漆时可以贴在车上的合适的胶带。要么是胶带太粘，结果把刚喷好的漆也弄坏了；要么是胶带脱落得太快，结果油漆流到了汽车的其他部位。