1. For them the working hours are never long enough.
    对他们来说，工作时间总不会太长，

2. For a long time, I watched them scurrying around the base of the tree in bewilderment.
    在很长一段时间里，我看见蚂蚁围着大树底部来回转悠，不知所措。

3. Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success.
    弗兰克回想着他早年的艰难经历和走过的漫长的成功之路，微笑了。

4. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden.
    首先，他开列了一张长长的单子，上面列了所有禁吃的食物。

5. For the grave farmer he used his dentist, a sour-looking man. For the woman standing alongside him, the artist chose his sister, Nan.
    为画神色严肃的农夫，他选择了他那表情木讷的牙医，至于站在他身边的农妇，他选择了自己的姐姐南。

6. First I had to learn a long list of instructions: Always pick up the phone by the second ring.
    首先我得记住一长串指示：永远在第二声铃响时拿起话筒；

7. For countries that have lagged behind for so long, the temptation to move ahead in one jump is hard to resist.
    对于那些长期落后的国家来说，一跃而名列前茅的诱惑难以抵御。