we would like to have our investments returned as early and safely as possible.
我们总想尽早而又安全地收回我们的投资。
While we were having breakfast,John was talking on the telephone.
当我们正在吃早餐时,约翰正在打电话。
In their efforts to persuade us to buy this or that product, advertisers have made a close study of human nature and have classified all our little weaknesses.