1. The African kept trying to escape — which in those days was to attempt the impossible — and each time he was caught and brought back.
    “老非洲”一直企图逃跑——但在当时要逃走是不可能的——每一次他都被抓住给带了回来。

2. The crossing voyage of about 5000 miles took two months, three weeks and two days.
    大约5000多英里的航程花了两个月三星期零两天的时间。

3. The priests of ancient Babylon worked out a calendar which had 29 days in some months and 30 in others.
    古巴比伦的教士推算出一种历法，有些月29天，有些月30天。

4. This month, of course, was given 31 days.
    当然，这个月份也是有31天的月份，

5. There were now seven 31-day months in a year, but February was left with 28 days except in leap years.
    现在一年中就有了七个有31天的月份，但是2月份除了闰年就只剩下了28天。

6. The trouble was that a year is not quite the 365 1/4 days that Sosigenes recommended.
    问题在于一年并不是像索尼西斯所提出的那样有365.25天。

7. This was established by Act of Parliament in 1752, but many people thought that they were losing 11 days out of their lives.
    这已经在1752年的国会法令中通过，但是很多人认为他们的生命中失去了11天。

8. There were great meetings at which the cry was, "Give us back our 11 days!"
    还举行了许多大型的集会来呼吁“还给我们11天！”。

9. Three days later, the expedition reached Carichana.
    三天之后，探险队到达了卡里查纳。

10. Two days later a message came in from the North Carolina Marine Corps base informing the Brooklyn Red Cross that the real son was on his way to Brooklyn for his father's funeral.
    两天后，北卡罗来纳海军陆战队基地给布鲁克林红十字会发来一份通知：真正的儿子正在来布鲁克林参加父亲葬礼的路上。