1·He and his girlfriend had been going out together for a year when she had an abortion.
他的女友流产时，他和她已经交往了一年时间。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·They were all destroyed that year when the Capitol was burned down during America's war with Britain.
那一年，在美英战争中。国会大厦被焚毁，它们也全被毁了。
3·It snowed the day before — giving a strange feeling at a time of year when there is virtually no darkness — but on Sunday the sun blazed across the water.
前一天下了雪——在一年中几乎没有黑暗的时候，会有一种奇怪的感觉——但周日，太阳照耀着湖面。
4·The fishermen know the approximate time of year when they will be allowed to fish, but on any given day, one or more field biologists in a particular area can put a halt to fishing.
渔民们知道一年中允许捕捞的大概时间段，但是在某些日子，一个地区可能有一个或多个实地生物学家中止捕鱼活动。
5·The rot set in last year when they reorganized the department.
去年他们重组这个部门时，衰败就开始了。
—— 《牛津词典》
6·When I look back, I think it was the year when I discovered the person I was going to be.
当我回首往事时，我想正是在那一年，我认识到了自己将会成为什么样的人。
7·Every year when my daughter moves to a new class, I have a usual big worry –her new class teacher.
每年当我女儿搬到一个新的班级时，我通常都会很担心她的新老师。
8·It had been the end of the school year when it happened three years ago, only a few days after my fourteenth birthday.
那还是三年前的事，当时学年就要结束，我的十四岁生日刚刚过去几天。
9·An emergency air-lift of food to central Bamian province was canceled earlier this year when the Taliban bombed the local airport.
今年早些时候，塔利班轰炸了当地机场，于是向中部巴米安省运送食物的紧急空运被取消了。
10·Biologists were delighted early this year when, with the help of the Navy, they were able to track a particular blue whale for 43 days, monitoring its sounds.
今年早些时候，当生物学家们在海军的帮助下，成功追踪到一只特定的蓝鲸长达43天并监测它的声音的时候，生物学家们很高兴。