1. The years slipped by. 歲月在不知不覺中逝去。

2. I grow very uncomfortable, meanwhile, for the afternoon wore fast away .

隨著下午時光的逝去，我的心越來越焦急。

3. The day has simply flown by without any results .

稀里糊涂的一天就這么過去了。

4. Time presses, and I want to keep our question on the straightest line possible.

時間緊迫，我們最好不要偏離主題。

5. The autumn dragged on. 秋天慢慢過去。

6. A fortnight elapsed. 兩個星期過去了。

7. Though many years have elapsed since I trod the drowsy shades of Sleepy Hollow

我離開睡谷寧靜的居所已多年了

8. after a lapse of some months 過了一些月之后

9. And meanwhile the course of time were to take a turn backward instead of forward,

and I were to wake up again in the nineteenth century.

與此同時時光會倒流，我會在十九世紀(jì)再次醒來。

10. with the passage of time 隨著時間的流逝

11. Ten minutes rolled by, as did the wisdom of those greats.

十來分鐘一晃而過，這些偉人的智慧也一樣在我眼前一閃而過。

12. Time is moving so quickly. 時間過得真快。