The first time was when she was 12 and was handed "a very big book" she had never heard of.
第一次接触这部小说的时候，她才12岁，只觉得拿到了一本从未听说过的“超级厚书”。
Time was when authors could make money from sidelines such as public speaking; Mark Twain pulled himself out of bankruptcy by going on the lecture circuit.
曾经有一段时间，作家们可以通过演讲之类的兼职赚钱；马克·吐温(Mark Twain)就是通过巡回演讲使自己从破产的困境中解脱出来。
I found that this ability to instantly shift my attention was often a good thing, like when passing time on public transportation.
我发现，拥有这种瞬间转移注意的能力通常是件好事，比如，在公共交通工具上消磨时间的时候。
Only then can they hope to describe conditions at the Big Bang, when all space and time was compressed into a volume far smaller than a proton.
只有那样他们才能指望描述大爆炸的情况，所有的空间和时间全部在那时被压缩成一个远小于质子的体积。
When I was a teenager, I used to spend time in my room listening to music.
当我还是青少年的时候，我经常在我房间里听歌消磨时间。
Another thing Katherine loved about Facebook was that she didn't have to think about time zones when updating family.
凯瑟琳喜爱脸书的另外一点就是，她向家人提供自己的最新动态时不用考虑时差。
I was killing my time at home until June 2012 when I discovered the online computer courses of your training center.
直到2012年6月，我才发现你们培训中心的在线计算机课程，在此之前，我一直在家打发时间。
There was a time when each teacher spent an hour, one day a week, testing students in every subject.
曾有一段时间，每个老师每周都花一小时来测验学生的各门功课。
Her daughters visited him from time to time when he was bedridden.
他卧床不起时她的女儿们不时地来探望他。
An error was reported when he tried to write data to the file for the first time.
当他第一次尝试把数据写入文档时，报告说有错。
Reforms were promised when the time was ripe.
曾经作出承诺，时机一成熟就进行改革。
You knew when it was "milk time" because you could hear the crate rattling with its load of tiny bottles.
你知道什么时候是“牛奶时间”，因为你能听到板条箱里装着的小瓶子叮当作响。
Many's the time, I wished I had some to eat when I was in there before.
有很多次，我在里面的时候都希望能有一些吃的。
When I was a little boy, there was a time when I went to fish with my elder sister.
当我还是个小男孩的时候，有一段时间我和我姐姐去钓鱼。
At a time when natural history was a valuable tool for discovery, Merian discovered facts about plants and insects that were not previously known.
在那时，自然史是很有价值的探索工具，梅里安发现了有关植物和昆虫的真相，这些真相从未为人所知。
The content and format of explanations dated back to a time when the museum was the exclusive domain of the scientific researcher.
解释的内容和形式可以追溯到博物馆是科学研究人员的专属领域那个时代。
A long time afterwards, when it was time to go to bed, Miss Rottenmeier cautiously opened the door.
过了好长一段时间，到了上床睡觉的时候，罗特麦耶小姐小心翼翼地打开了门。
When I was working full-time as a salesman for a big company, I seldom had time to enjoy my hobby.
当我在一家大公司做全职推销员时，我很少有时间做我喜欢做的事。
There was a time when kids enjoyed being kids.
曾经孩子非常享受作为孩子的时光。
Volcanic carbon dioxide in Earth's early atmosphere kept Earth warm enough for life to begin during the time when the Sun was too dim to provide much warmth.
地球早期大气中的火山二氧化碳使地球足够温暖，保证生命在太阳过于昏暗而无法提供足够热量的时候能够得以孕育。
I was 12 when my parents finally acknowledged that my hidden talent was not about to emerge any time soon.
我12岁的时候，我的父母终于承认我隐藏的天赋不会那么快显露出来。
This was the time when my brother Jyotirindra decided to start the Bharati with our eldest brother as an editor, giving us fresh food for enthusiasm.
就在这个时候，我的哥哥乔迪楞德拉决定与我们的大哥一起创办《婆罗蒂》，大哥担任编辑，为我们的热情提供新鲜的食粮。
There was a time when social pressures were killing off the Welsh language, but after years of efforts, it is now an active part of Welsh life again.
曾经有一段时间，社会压力使威尔士语逐渐消亡，但经过多年的努力，威尔士语现在再次成为威尔士人生活中活跃的一部分。
Yuan Longping was born in the year 1930, a time when China was very different.
袁隆平出生于1930年，那时的中国与现在大不相同。
It was a time when many people had just made the hard journey back to their hometowns.
那时候，许多人刚刚踏上返回家乡的艰难旅程。
The writer did a proper climb with her father for the first time when she was about eight years old.
八岁左右时，作者和父亲进行了第一次真正的登山。
When it was time for lunch, Cindy finally told Mrs. Stone the truth.
午饭时间到了，辛迪终于把真相告诉了斯通夫人。
I wish I could go back in time to when I was a kid and say some of the things in a different way!
我希望我能回到我还是个孩子的时候，换一种方式说话！
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