1. Some years ago an American psychiatrist named William Dement published experiments dealing with the recording of eye-movements during sleep.
    前些年，美国一位精神病学者发表了一篇报告，报告中记录了眼球在睡眠时的活动情况。

2. Some time ago the United States Navy, for instance, examined a very large number of men working on aircraft carriers:
    例如，美国海军前些时候调查了许多在航空母航上工作的人，

3. Six hundred years ago, Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence.
    600年前,约翰.霍克伍德爵士带着一队士兵来到意大利,在佛罗伦萨附近驻扎下来,

4. Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea.
    不久之前，在爱琴海的基亚岛上，考古工作者有一项有趣的发现。

5. Some time ago, however, a peculiar fish was caught near Madagascar.
    然而不久前，在马达加斯加附近的海里却捕到了一条奇怪的鱼。

6. She set up the Otherwise Club six years ago with just a few students.
    6年以前她建起了这所俱乐部学校，当时只有几个学生。

7. Space travelers will walk on the planets. These factors of life were science fiction images a few decades ago.
    宇航员将在行星上漫步。这些原本只是几十年前科幻小说中的人类形象。

8. Some years ago, the Matsushita company was having a very bad time.
    几年前，松下公司遇到难关。

9. Some time ago a British car manufacturer was accused of operating a fund to pay bribes, and of other questionable practices such as paying agents and purchasers an exaggerated commission, offering additional discounts, and making payments to numbered
    早些时候，一家英国汽车制造商被指控经管一笔基金行贿，还有其他一些可疑运作，如给代理商和客户高额回扣、提供额外折扣、向一些在瑞士银行开的匿名账户汇款等。

10. People tend to live longer in most places. In Central Europe, however, life span is dropping because health care is not what it was a few years ago.
    在大多数地区人们的寿命越来越长。但是在中欧，由于卫生保健不如前几年，因此寿命正在缩短。