I think the skirt is just right.

我覺得長度合適。

You'd have a better chance of catching the train if you took a bus to the station instead of walking.

如果你不是步行而是乘公共汽車的話，那你就比較有可能趕上火車。

Mead predicts that inventors will be able to perfect powerful customized chips over a weekend at the office -- spawning a new generation of garage start-ups and giving the U.S.a jump on its foreign rivals in getting new products to market fast.

米德預言發明者可以在辦公室用一個周末的時間生產了完美的、功能很強的、按客戶需求設計的芯片 -- 造就新一代從汽車間起家的技術人員，在把產品推向市場方面使美國把它的外國對手們打個措手不及。