1. Bits of broken glass, lengths of string, a key to a door long since decayed away, a rusty knife-blade, old shoes saved for a road that never was and never will be, a nail bent under the weight of things too heavy for any nail, a dried flower or two s
    碎玻璃块；小线头儿；一扇早已朽败的门上的钥匙；一把锈蚀的刀；一双为某条从来没有、将来也不会有的路而准备的旧鞋；一颗弯折的钉，它所承受过的重量足以弄折任何钉子；一两支干花，仍散发出几许花香。

2. We cannot survive for long without food and drink.
    我们没有食物和饮料就活不了多久.

3. We had to listen to a long harangue about our own shortcomings.
    我们必须去听一有关我们缺点的长篇大论。

4. We sought long and hard but found no answer.
    我们费力多时也未找到答案.

5. We had to listen to a long sermon about not wasting money.
    我们硬著头皮听了一通别浪费钱的大道理.

6. With some children, small sums go a long way.
    对于有些孩子来说，少量的钱可以花很长一段时间。

7. It is even more remarkable that as long ago as the 1960s, an Englishman, Leon Bagrit, was able to predict some of the uses of computers which we know today.
    就更觉得英国人莱昂.巴格瑞特有着非凡的能力。他在60年代就能预言我们今天知道的计算机的一些用途。

8. When it was eventually brought to shore, it was found to be over thirteen feet long.
    当终于把它弄上岸后，人们发现它身长超过了13英尺。

9. Whenever we answered incorrectly, she pointed a long stick at us and, shaking it up and down, shouted, "No! No! No!"
    每当有谁回答错了，她会用长教鞭指着我们，上下挥舞着，大喊道：“错！错！错！”

10. When I am finished, I pull a chair up beside the bed to face her and, taking her free hand between mine, again notice the long, thin fingers.
    而后，我挪了把椅子面朝她坐在床边，握住她那只空闲的手，此时我又一次注意到她那细长的手指。