It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.
他花了不少時(shí)間把長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的橡膠管接到鋪設(shè)在碼頭周?chē)目諝夤?yīng)管上,最后他終于把它們連接起來(lái),工作因而進(jìn)展得更快。