1. Until this time your mother has always been an active, independent person who lived on her own.
    在此之前，你的母亲一直健康活跃，生活自理，独自居住。

2. Relatively few people are prepared to sacrifice holiday time for the pleasure of travelling by sea.
    没有多少人会为享受坐船旅行的乐趣而牺牲假期的时间。

3. Nor does it make children feel more loved (for what children really desire is parents' time and attention).
    也不会使孩子们觉得自己得到了更多的爱（因为孩子真正想要的是父母的时间和对他们的注意）。

4. Once upon a time there were six blind men who lived in a village in India.
    从前, 有六个瞎子住在印度的一个村子里.

5. Of course, we should arrest him, but as he has a good record, we shall let him off this time.´
    当然，我们应该逮捕它，但由于它一贯表现很好，这次我们饶了它。"

6. Once, however, it failed to give the correct time.
    然而有一次，它却把时间报错。

7. Or, to be more exact, Alaska was at one time connected with the tip of Siberia.
    或者更确切地说，阿拉斯加曾经和西伯利亚的东端（顶端）连在一起。

8. Once they started to talk, they forgot about the time.
    他们一谈论起来，就忘记了时间。

9. Once upon a time there was an honest little fellow named Hans.
    从前，有一个诚实的小伙子叫汉斯。

10. Our early ancestors counted days by the time between each sunrise and sundown, as some primitive peoples still do.
    早时，我们的祖先通过每次日出和日落之间的时间间隔来计算天，一些原始人现在仍然这样做。