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.
他花了不少時間把長長的橡膠管接到鋪設(shè)在碼頭周圍的空氣供應(yīng)管上,最后他終于把它們連接起來,工作因而進(jìn)展得更快。