Jennifer Neiman (NY-man) and her sister Susan Woodhouse opened the bakery about a year ago, right in the middle of the Great Recession.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

About a year ago, we started a project called Aladdin.

在一年之前，我们启动了一个叫“阿拉丁“的项目。

斯坦福公开课 - 百度CEO李彦宏演讲：全球最大搜索引擎的发展课程节选

Actually, it's the first time I've seen him since the end of my senior which was about a year ago.

其实，自从大三之后我还是第一次见他，是一年前的事了。

我尊敬的教授 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"Is it calmer now? Are people a little less active than they were a few months ago or about a year ago?

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

The paintings? Um, when I went about a year ago, I really liked the Kandinsky, you know, exhibit.

那儿的画啊，我一年前去过，我超喜欢康定斯基展览。

纽约的美术馆 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Those comments echo earlier assessments by analysts here in Seoul, who say Kim Jong Il's apparent stroke about a year ago challenged perceptions of his complete command of the North's government.

VOA: standard.2009.06.22

You all remember the recent movie of a year or two ago about Troy with Colin Farrell about Alexander.

你们都还记得,最近一两年上映的一部电影中有提到特洛依城,由柯林，法洛饰演亚历山大大帝。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"We were here before a couple of times and I made the reservation at the Red Lion Inn about a year ago because I knew it would be very difficult this weekend when I heard about the festival.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

The same results also showed up about a year and a half ago.

一年半前也得到同样的结果。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

About twenty-seven percent said they plan to go to graduate school, compared to about twenty-four percent a year ago.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

I'm an accountant. I just graduated college about a year ago.

我是一名会计。一年前刚从学校毕业。

与圣地亚哥不一样 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

One-third of those asked said stress levels about their financial situation are much higher now than a year ago.

VOA: special.2010.10.12

This Cambridge History of Food talks about three separate primary phases in human food evolution: one beginning a million and a half years ago, another about 700,000 years ago, and then the 10,000 year ago one that I talked about just a moment ago.

剑桥饮食史》描述了,人类饮食结构演化过程中的三个不同阶段,其一,始于一百五十万年前,其二,距今约七十万年,其三,距今一万年,我们刚讨论过了

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

About a year and a half ago, his goat Millie was giving him a hard time.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

So I moved here about a year... a year and a half ago.

我是大概一年前……一年半前搬到这里的。

来西部的原因 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Two weeks ago, sixteen year old Stacy performed a poem about the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City in two thousand one.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

Now there are about 41 million. This year alone China is set to sell about 11 million cars, of cars sold a decade ago.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

"So a year ago,in 2009, when you had a majority being optimistic about American policy in the Middle East, only 29 percent said Iran having nuclear weapons would be positive for the Middle East.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06