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

2. 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。

3. 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。

4. In fact, I do weep a little, standing there by the stove holding one of the instruments, so white, so precisely rolled, that could cause my daughter's death.
    事实上，站在厨房煤气灶旁边, 我确实哭过。我手里捏着一支雪白雪白的香烟，制作得非常精致。那可是会致我女儿于死地的东西啊。

5. 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。

6. I began feeling nervous when I realized I was standing in the middle of the classroom.
    当我意识到我正站在教室中间时,我开始感到紧张了。

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。