1. It can take as long as eight days to rig up rope ladders and to establish supply bases before a descent can be made into a very deep cave.
    有时需要花费整整8天时间来搭起绳梯，建立供应基地，然后才能到一个很深的洞穴里。

2. In a long drop, they reach speeds of 60 miles an hour and more.
    在一个长长的跌落过程中，它们可以达到每小时60里甚至更快的速度。

3. It has belonged to our family for a long time.
    我们家有这件乐器已经很久了，

4. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings.
    演出时她必须穿一条鲜红色的裙子和黑色的长筒袜。

5. In 1963 a Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island, a remote place in the South Pacific, a long way west of Samoa.
    1963年，一架兰开斯特轰炸机在瓦立斯岛毁。那是南太洋中一个很偏僻的小岛，位于萨摩亚群岛以西，距离群岛还有很长一段距离。

6. 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。

7. 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。

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

9. It is recognized and respected everywhere as the emblem which means service to the sick and suffering.
    在全世界，红十字会被公认为是对受苦受难的人们进行救援的标志。

10. In peace, too, the Red Cross is quick to send help wherever there is human suffering.
    在和平时期，无论哪里的人遭难，红十字会总是及时提供救援。