1. About twenty eight people. Most of them like seafood, so I bought al lot of it. Look! The eels are still alive.
    大约二十八人, 他们大多喜欢海鲜, 所以我买了很多海鲜. 看啊!那鳗鱼还活着.

2. A famous actor had been imprisoned in the Bastille for twenty years.
    一位著名演员关押在巴士底狱已20年了。

3. A week before, he had completed a successful overland flight during which he covered twenty-six miles.
    一个星期之前，他成功地完成了一次飞越26英里的陆上飞行。

4. A week before, he had completed a successful overland flight during which he covered twenty-six miles.
    一周以前，他曾成功地进行了一次26英里的陆上飞行。

5. A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Bastille for twenty years.
    有一位名演员曾在一出极为成功的剧目中扮演一个贵族角色，这个贵族已在巴士底狱被关押了20年。

6. "You may be right. But I still think that waiting won't hurt. You're only twenty-five."
    "你也许是对的。但我还是认为再等一段时间有好处。你今年才25岁。"

7. A third type of creative experience is exemplified by the dreams which came to Descartes at the age of twenty-three and determined his life path.
    笛卡尔23岁时所作过的、决定了他的人生道路的一些梦，可以作为第三种创造性经历的例证。

8. Albert was, for one thing, fat. Very fat. And then there was his accent. Though he spoke French and German fairly well, he had never altogether lost the American accent he had brought to Paris twenty years ago.
    一来艾伯特很胖，非常胖；二来他带有口音。他的法语和德语都说得很好，但从来没有完全改掉他20年前初到巴黎时的美国口音。

9. She entered the station twenty minutes before the train was due,
    在火车进站20分钟前她就进了车站。

10. Poor fellow, he was only twenty-two-and to be burdened with a family!
    可怜的人哪,他才只有二十二岁--竟要担起养家的重担!