它也许太长了，以至于你被各种数据搞得头昏脑胀，甚或干脆不理会演讲者。
Maybe it was so long that you were either overwhelmed with data, or you just tuned the speaker out.
对富裕国家来说，也许需要十几甚至几十年才能够真正吸收这些外来者，然而历史证明，这个过程并不会太长。
It may take a few decades for rich countries to integrate newcomers, but history suggests that it will happen before too long.
对于实现回报来说，三年可能显得太长，但也许它是对的，所以我愿意承担这一风险。
Perhaps 3 years is too long to realize returns, or maybe it's about right and I'm willing to live with the risk of going longer than 3 years.
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