1. It was 3:50 by the time the police received their first call, from a man who was a neighbor of Miss Parry. 警察第一次接到电话时已是3:50。报警的是个男人,是帕里小姐的一个邻居。
2. If you take the Chunnel, it's about the same time as flying: three hours. 如果走隧道,所费时间大约与坐飞机相同:3小时。
3. In many developed countries, divorce rates doubled between 1970 and 1990, and in less-developed countries, about a quarter of first marriages end by the time women are in their 40s. 在许多发达国家,1970年至1990年,离婚率上升了两倍,而在欠发达的国家,有四分之一的首次婚姻都在女方40多岁时解体。
4. If you're going to spend a lot of time with a particular driver, plan ahead to ensure the day will go smoothly. 如果你打算和某一个司机相处好长一段时间,事先要计划好,以保证当天顺利。
5. I have lost count of the times we have been filming police officers on the street when local residents have come up to us and told us it is the first time in weeks they have seen police in the area. 不知多少次,当我们在街上拍摄警察镜头时,总有当地居民向我们走来告诉我们说这是几周以来他们在此地第一次看到警察。
6. In future, if you want to know what time it is there might not be much point asking a policeman. 今后,如果想知道时间,去问警察恐怕会没有用。
7. It is not just the time spent that counts, but also the way in which a parent talks. 重要的不仅仅是花了多少时间,而且还有与孩子交谈的方式。
8. If one of my family happened to come to the front of the house in time to see me, of course the conversation would be rudely broken off. 如果正赶上家里人碰巧来到房前见到我,他们当然就会毫不客气地打断我们的交谈。
9. I do not have enough time left to be able to earn that money again. 我已没有足够的时间去再挣那么一笔钱了。
10. I looked in the mirror and saw lots of wrinkles. I had a hard time fitting that outward me with the me inside. 我看到镜中的我有了很多皱纹,感到很难使那外在的我与内在的我相吻合。