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1. After making a short test flight at 4,15 a.m., Bleriot set off half an hour later.
    布莱里奥凌晨4点15分作了一次短距离试飞,半小时后便正式出发了。

2. A short time ago, villagers were astonished to learn that the ghost of Endley had died.
    不久之前,村民们惊悉恩得利农场的鬼死了。

3. A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he has not regretted it.
    然而就在前不久,他开上了公共汽车,也并不为此而感到后悔。

4. A short while ago, my sister helped me to carry one of my old bookcases up the stairs.
    几分钟前,我妹妹帮我把一个旧书橱抬上了楼。

5. A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around.
    就在不久之前,参天大树还覆盖着方圆数英里的土地。

6. As Mr. Ross said at the time: "If the patient has no other future short of this transplant, we think we are morally justified, in the present state of our knowledge, in doing it."
    正如罗斯先生当时所说:“如果除了做移植手术之外,病人别无出路,那么我们认为,在现有的医学条件下,施行这种手术在道义上是无可非议的。”

7. According to one story, when a government official visited the plant and asked about the letters, a creative employee told him "US" was short for "Uncle Sam" Wilson.
    传说有一回,有个政府官员来参观加工厂,问及这些字母的含义,一个想像丰富的雇员告诉他,"US"是"山姆大叔"威尔逊的缩写。

8. A short time later, the deal was approved.
    不久,这笔生意获准了。

9. A labor inspector took the Disney organization to court this week, contending that the company's dress and appearance code — which bans moustaches, beards, excess weight, short skirts and fancy stockings — offends individual liberty and violates Fren
    一位劳工问题督察员本周将迪斯尼公司告上了法庭,他声称公司的着装规定--不准蓄胡须,不准体重超标,不准穿超短裙和花哨的袜子--侵犯了个人自由,也违反了法国的劳工法。

10. Yes! Two long rings, two short rings.
    是的!两长两短的铃声。