1. Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush.
    汤姆提着一桶刷墙浆，拿着一根长柄刷，出现在人行道上。

2. They took the view that they were safe enough in their hammocks, as long as they kept a fire burning.
    他们认为，只要是让火一直燃着，他们在吊床里就是安全的。

3. This may be because we've brought suitcases full of dried cake, canned sardines, and sausages, which would keep during the long journey.
    这也许是因为我们带着装满干硬糕点、罐头沙丁鱼和香肠的手提箱的缘故。这些食物在漫长旅途中不会变质。

4. They also tend to view themselves and their work as indispensable and their working long hours as commitment to the company.
    他们也往往认为他们本人及他们的工作对公司是不可或缺的, 他们超时工作是对公司一种承诺。

5. The next morning she saw he had written below her message: "Wife, I missed you. You thought I was asleep, but I was just resting my eyes and thinking about that peculiar woman who talked to us in church a long time ago.
    第二天早晨，她看到他在她的留言下面写道：“老婆，我想念你。你以为我睡着了，可是我只是合合眼，心里却还在想那位很久以前在教堂对我们说了一番话的怪老太太呢。

6. Then at last the miracle happened for which his unconscious mind had been seeking for so long. Falling into a sleeplike condition, he suddenly felt as though he were sinking in a mighty flood of water, and the rush and roar soon took musical shape wi
    终于，他的潜意识长期以来一直在寻找的奇迹发生了。他进入了似睡非睡的朦胧状态，骤然间感觉到自己仿佛掉进了滔滔洪水之中,不断在下沉，很快，洪水的冲击声和咆哮声以音乐的形式呈现在他的脑海里。

7. The call could last as long as 55 minutes, which (after taking away the two free minutes) translated into a telephone bill of $211.47.
    一个电话可能长达55分钟，扣除免费的前两分钟，换算后的话费账单可达211.47美元。

8. Taxi travel can be safe anywhere in the world as long as visitors understand the rules, says travel expert Stacey Ravel Abarbanel.
    旅行专家斯泰西·拉威尔·阿巴伯内尔说，只要观光客懂得规矩，在世界任何地方坐出租车旅行都很安全。

9. That's partly because Latin American customers talk two to four times as long on the phone as people in North America.
    产生这种情况的部分原因是拉丁美洲客户的通话时间是北美洲人的二至四倍。

10. The genetic maps also shed new light on the origins of populations that have long puzzled scientists.
    这一基因分布图谱对长期以来困绕着科学家的人种起源问题也做出了新的解释。