Reading and comprehending longer books and chapters takes practice, and American teens are no longer getting that practice.
阅读和理解篇幅更长的书籍和篇章需要练习，而美国青少年不再进行这些练习了。
The day's getting longer and the night's getting shorter.
白天越来越长，夜晚越来越短。
Unless a better job does turn up, the chances are the days start getting longer and time becomes harder to fill.
除非找到一份更好的工作，否则白天很可能会变得越来越长，时间也越来越难填补。
They found their schoolbags are getting heavier and hours they spend on their homework are becoming longer.
他们发现他们的书包越来越重，花在家庭作业上的时间越来越长。
And conditions for workers are getting more dangerous, which means that fixing up the cooling systems and hooking up vital measuring instruments takes longer.
作业环境对于工人来说正在变得越来越危险，这意味着修复冷却系统以及挂接重要的测量仪器将花费更长的时间。
The confirmation process has been getting ever longer and more traumatic.
（对这一点的）确认过程正变得越来越漫长和越来越创伤。
Getting the first release out was more difficult, with higher risk and longer development time, than expected.
发布第一个版本比预期的更困难，带有更高的风险且花费更长的开发时间。
Why it might not work: If you and your date can’t find much to talk about, and those painfully awkward silences are getting longer, there’s nothing to do but watch the barista wipe down the tables.
如果你跟你的约会对象没什么可聊，尴尬沉默的时间越来越长，你们只能看着咖啡馆的员工擦桌子，那么这里也许就不适合你们了。
When you're no longer afraid of any outcome, you can focus on having fun and getting things done.
当你不再担心那些结果，你可以集中精力在过的开心并且把事情做完。
The days are getting shorter, sleeves are getting longer, and autumn's display of fiery color is just getting underway in North America's cooler climes.
白天越来越短了，袖子却越来越长，秋天炽烈的色彩显示了北美的凉爽气候还刚刚开始。
SynCardia is developing smaller and longer-lasting power supplies, ultimately in hopes of getting FDA approval for a permanent heart replacement.
辛卡迪亚正在研发更小，持续更久的便携式驱动器，希望最终能更得到FDA的批准以作为永久性心脏置换装置。
Lunch breaks were getting longer, coffee-breaks more frequent, and Francis felt like he was spending more and more of his time just making sure people were at their desks working.
午餐时间变得越来越长，茶休越来越频繁，Francis感觉到他要花费越来越多的时间来确保团队成员在座位上工作。
"People no longer get something small for their first tattoo and are getting a whole sleeve [arm] done", observes Jason Buhrmester, editor of Inked, a glossy magazine for tat-fans.
“人们第一次纹身不再追求小巧的图案，而是覆盖整个手臂”，JasonBuhrmester在一篇评论中指出，他是《Inked》的主编，那是一本纹身爱好者的精装杂志。
This can take some getting used to, but it means that you no longer need to manage open editor state yourself and that the number of open editors you have doesn't bloat.
这可能需要一点时间才能适应，但是这意味着您不再需要自己管理打开的编辑器的状态，并且打开的编辑器的数量也不至于太多。
Buying on impulse and getting rid of possessions no longer sufficiently attractive in order to put more attractive ones in their place are our most enthusing emotions.
凭冲动而购买并摆脱不再具备充足吸引力的财产以代之以更具吸引力的商品，则是我们最炙热的情感。
If you can't call your boss a jerk now and then without fear of getting fired, you're no longer free.
假如你不敢当着你的老板的面说他是混蛋而不担心自己会被解雇的话，你就没有自由。
In a world where search phrases are getting longer and we all see a different SERP for the same phrases due to personalized search, rankings should just be a KPI.
在搜索词组变得越来越长的情况下，由于个性化的搜索，我们看到在同一词组下搜索引擎结果页面变得有所不同了。排名应该只作为关键绩效指标的一种。
Earth's rotation rate is still slowing down — our days are getting longer and longer.
地球的旋转速度仍在减慢——我们一天的时间正越变越长。
She soaked a while longer in the bath before finally getting out and towelling off.
她在浴池中又泡了一会儿，然后出来擦干了身体。
But already, consumers are getting a break from unfair rate hikes and insurance companies will no longer drop coverage for people when they get sick.
但是消费者已经在不公平的高涨的保险费率上取得一些突破，而且保险公司再也不能在人们生病的时候缩减保险承保范围了。
To show this was not just because the animals were not getting food, the researchers then tested the dogs alone and found that in this situation the envious canines cooperated longer before stopping.
狗这样表现可不只是因为他们得不到奖赏，研究者稍后单独测验了狗狗们的表现，发现此条件下那妒火中烧的狗在停下不做之前合作了更长的时间。
The global population is living longer, and getting older, which presents new challenges.
全球人口正呈现出更长寿和老龄化的新挑战。
The compact that has existed for the last 20 or 30 years – this idea of doing well at school, then going to university, getting a degree and almost being guaranteed a job – is no longer the case.
过去20、30年中大家约定俗成的想法（在校好好学习，然后去读大学，获得个好学位，就差不多保证能获得一份好工作了）已经过时了。
But, getting old enough and you reach a stage at which your genes are no longer affected by such demands. This means the body does not face any new problems beyond those already present at 90.
但是，当人年龄达到一定程度后，基因就不会再受这些调试需求的影响，这就意味着，90岁后，身体就不会再面临新的问题了。
And the measures have inexorably been getting longer.
这些措施变得非常冗长。
Others think our skulls are getting smaller because our diets include more easily chewable foods and so large, strong jaws are no longer required.
另一些人认为由于我们的饮食更加趋向于那些易咀嚼的食物，导致原来宽大、强劲的颌骨逐渐退化，进而使得我们的头盖骨也随之缩小了。
The days are getting longer and longer.
白天越来越长。
Most public-sector pay would be frozen in 2011, various middle-class breaks would go, rich people's taxes would rise and everyone would have to wait a year longer before getting their state pension.
如到2011年取消大多数公共支付项目，对中等阶层实施各种各样的休假停工，提高针对高收入群体的税收标准以及延期一年发放国家养老金。
Most public-sector pay would be frozen in 2011, various middle-class breaks would go, rich people's taxes would rise and everyone would have to wait a year longer before getting their state pension.
如到2011年取消大多数公共支付项目，对中等阶层实施各种各样的休假停工，提高针对高收入群体的税收标准以及延期一年发放国家养老金。
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