1. But he took a long time to send them. Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press.
    但过了好长时间不见他把数字寄来，在此期间，编辑等得不耐烦了，因为杂志马上要付印。

2. But it takes a long time.
    但花的时间长。

3. (An estimated 15 percent of male long distance runners have low iron stores.)
    （估计有15%的男性长跑运动员铁离子储量低。）

4. Chances are he won't live long, but he won't be in pain."
    有可能他活不长久，但他不会太痛苦。"

5. (DNA is a very long, ribbon -like molecule that contains our genetic information.)
    （DNA是一种含有我们的基因信息的狭长带状分子。）

6. "Why, we haven´t had any meat for a long time," said Easton.
    “你说什么，我们好长时间没有吃肉了，”伊斯顿说道。

7. Until modern times, a trip was often a long and difficult adventure.
    直到近代，旅行还常常是个漫长而又艰难的历险。

8. Unlike my senior middle school teacher, my college English teachers were patient and kind, and none of them carried long, pointed sticks!
    与高中老师不同，大学英语老师非常耐心和蔼，他们没有哪个带教鞭！

9. Once the existence of this wave-length had been discovered, it was not long before its use as the uniquely recognizable broadcasting frequency for interstellar communication was suggested.
    一旦这种波长的实际存在被发现，提出把它作为星际间唯一可辨认的广播频率就为期不远了。

10. On September 4, 1853, he reached Spezia sick, went to a hotel, could not sleep for noise without and fever within, took a long walk the next day, and in the afternoon flung himself on a couch intending to sleep.
    1853年9月4日他抵达斯佩齐亚。当时，他正在生病。他去了一家旅馆。由于旅馆外面噪音太大，而他仍在发烧，所以他无法入睡。第二天，他出去散步，走了很长的路，下午，他一头进沙发想睡一觉。