1·Maybe she hoped this little amenity would slow the growing inclination of women to stretch each haircut to last four months while nursing our hair back to whatever natural colour we long ago forgot.
也许她希望这个小小的便利能减缓女性不断增长的倾向，即把每次剪的头发延长到四个月，同时让我们的头发恢复到我们早已忘记的原本的颜色。
2·The target reductions in fertility rates were reached long ago. Current rates, he says, are below replacement levels and are unsustainable.
他说，生育率的下降目标早已实现，现在的生育率已经低于人口替换率，这会导致失衡。
3·And since the patents on the dyes expired long ago, manufacturers have little incentive to finance such research themselves.
既然色素的专利早已过期，生产厂家本身也没有动力来资助这样的研究。
4·Marks in the wall indicate wooden roof supports were used to create the tomb, but the wood long ago collapsed under the weight of the pyramid built above.
墙上的痕迹表明木屋顶被用来支承建坟墓，木材早已被金字塔重量作用下倒塌。
5·But Italy is, in many respects, still living in the past. Issues long ago settled elsewhere remain topics of fierce debate.
不过从许多方面来看，意大利依旧是一个生活在过去的国度，其他地方早已尘埃落定的问题在意大利却依然是争论的热点。