1. 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。

2. 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。

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

4. 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。

5. 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。

6. 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。

7. 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。

8. I haltingly (结结巴巴地) asked her how she had managed to live such a long life.
    我结结巴巴地问她是怎样历尽沧桑还这样长寿。

9. I have lived this long because I wanted to see my son before I died."
    我之所以能活到这么大年纪，是因为我想在我死之前再见我的儿子一面。"

10. It didn't take me long to lose my eagerness to answer questions.
    没有多久，我便不再渴望回答问题了。