1. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.
    不久，一架直升飞机飞抵飞机失事现场，来搭救这几个幸存者。

2. It is not long before they are so accustomed to swimming that they can pick up weights from the floor of the pool.
    他们很快便适应了游泳，以致能捡起池底的物品。

3. I don´t want to make another film for a long time.
    我早就不想再拍片子了。

4. It seemed they talked about things that had happened to the family a very long time ago, and they went back and back and back.
    她们好象是在聊一些很久以前家里发生过的事，她们讲呀、讲呀、讲呀，越讲离现在越远。

5. It was a ceremony to welcome home a son long lost.
    这是对遗失了多年的儿子又回到家中的一种欢迎仪式。

6. I didn´t have to look long.
    我只查了一会儿。

7. I said that if he talked very long, his Russian listeners, not understanding what was said, would probably lose interest.
    我说如果他讲很长时间，而他的苏联听众们听不懂他的谈话，就很可能会失去兴趣。

8. I remembered once, at a family reunion, when my daughter was two, that my father picked her up for a minute -- long enough for me to photograph them -- but the effort was obvious.
    我记得有一次全家聚会，当时我女儿才2岁，他抱了她一会儿，好让我有时间给他俩拍张照片。

9. In Baltimore, a long strip of land (which was used for dumping garbage) is becoming a series of biking and walking trails.
    在巴尔的摩，曾被用来倾倒垃圾的一长条土地正变成一条条自行车道和步行道。

10. In the long run that's what education really ought to be about.
    从长远观点来看，这确确实实是教育应该做的事。