1·The Law said stay; Jonathan said go; and by now he was a mile across the water.
法律说留下；乔纳森说走；而这时他已经飞出海面一英里了。
2·A few more weeks passed and by now Darwin was wondering if this adventure was such a good idea.
几个星期过去了，这时的达尔文开始考虑进行这次旅行到底是不是个好主意。
3·By now I had gone too far: I must have passed her; I turned around to go back the way I'd come.
这时我已经走得很远：我想我一定是赶在她的前头了；我调转车头，沿着来路回去。
4·By now I had made my way to the buffet car where, alongside the man with the bushy sideburns, I ran into Djuro, the buffet car manager and a fluent English speaker.
这时我到餐车去，看见一个有浓密鬓脚的男人。就这样我遇见了餐车经理德求罗，他能讲流利的英语。
5·By now the man in the river was trying very hard to breathe and was even swallowing some of the river water.
这时， 河里那个人已经呼吸困难，而且又呛了好几口水， 于是他说：「好啦！