1. At least they were until a few weeks ago, when the ambulance came for me.
    至少在几星期前这辆救护车朝我驶来之前，就一直是这么回事。

2. About two weeks ago, a regretful Mr. Williams, who had worked for the London police since 1959 and had risen to a ￡65,000 a year position as deputy director of finance, was brought into court and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison.
    威廉斯先生自1959年起效力于伦敦警署，官至财务部副主管，年薪65,000英镑。大约两周前，后悔不已的他在法庭受审，被判监禁7年半。

3. 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。

4. Also, when we at Nomura converted to computers about five years ago, the new system eliminated the jobs of 700 people.
    同样，当我们野村证券公司五年前改用电脑时，新系统使700名员工失去了原来的工作。

5. About 3.5 billion years ago, another great change occurred.
    大约35亿年前，又发生了一次巨变。

6. About 200 million years ago, warm-blooded animals took to the air — the first birds.
    大约2亿年前，温血动物开始在天空中飞翔——它们是最早的飞鸟。

7. About three million years ago, scientists believe, the first human beings walked the Earth.
    科学家们认为，大约300万年前，原始人类开始在地球上行走。

8. "There are mysterious and strange things going on out there," admits Richard Winer, author of The Devil's Triangle, a book that has sold 500,000 copies since its publication three months ago.
    "那里的怪事、奇事层出不穷，"《魔鬼三角》的作者理查德·文纳说。他这本书从三个月前出版以来，已经售出了50万册。

9. A month ago, she told me, she had suddenly noticed wrinkles all over her face.
    她告诉我，一个月前，她突然注意到脸上布满皱纹。

10. You should have been here five minutes ago."
    你应该5分钟前到教室才是。”