1. 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。

2. 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！

3. Reporters can cause untold suffering to individuals by publishing details about their private lives.
    记者把某些个人的私生活细节公布于众，这可能为他们造成说不尽的痛苦。

4. 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。

5. 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。

6. Long car journeys are even less pleasant, for it is quite impossible even to read.
    乘汽车作长途旅行则更加不舒服，因为连看书都几乎不可能。

7. Long, long ago there lived in Greece a king whose name was Midas.
    很久很久以前，希腊有个国王，名叫迈达斯。

8. Long after it was heard no more.
    尽管歌声早已经听不到。

9. Like the Theory of Relativity, the splitting of the atom, and the first space flight, Dolly's appearance has generated a long list of difficult puzzles for scientists, politicians, and philosophers.
    就像相对论、原子裂变和第一次太空飞行一样，多莉的出现给科学家、政治家和哲学家们提出了一长串难以解答的难题。

10. They demand sacrifice and unselfishness, a long-term investment of the parents' time and money.
    他们需要我们做出自我牺牲和无私奉献，也就是父母对子女在金钱和时间上的长期投入。