就在几年前，这还只是一场大陆赛事，法国、比利时、荷兰、西班牙和意大利都参与其中。
Just a few years back it was a strictly continental affair with France, Belgium and Holland, Spain and Italy taking part.
就在几年前，这个赤脚的孩子还生活在贫困之中，周围充斥着罪犯和暴力，但他已经在体育史上写下了新的篇章。
The barefoot kid who just a few years previously had been living in poverty, surrounded by criminals and violence, had written a new chapter in the history of sports.
就在几年前，这种事也几乎是不可想象的。
Just a few years ago, such an event would have been almost inconceivable.
就在几年前，像凯莉一样的病人会被院方放弃。
Just a few years ago, a patient like Kellie would have been written off.
就在几年前，马克·扎克伯格还很少公开露面。
Just a couple of years ago, Mark Zuckerberg made few public appearances.
就在几年前离婚还是一个人们所忌讳的话题。
Until a few years ago, there was a taboo around the subject of divorce.
但就在几年前，郝伍德·史密斯还感觉自己是个富人。
Yet just a few years back, Howard Smith felt like a rich man.
然后就在几年前，我买了一个黑莓手机，我又得去适应它。
Then years ago, when I bought a BlackBerry, I adapted again.
就在几年前，在这个房间中出价的大部份人从未见过彼此。
Just a few years ago, most of the guys bidding in this room had never laid eyes on one another.
比起就在几年前，今日的巴勒斯坦城市看起来已经非常的不同了。
Palestinian cities look very different today than they did just a few years ago.
但在另一方面-究竟我们认为，与耳朵的老鼠回来就在几年前？
But on the other hand - what did we think of mice with ears on their back just a few years ago?
“简直是奇迹，”他们说，“就在几年前，中国还根本不具备今天的水平。”
"What a wonder," they'd say. "Just a few years ago, China never would have been able to pull that off."
然后就在几年前，科研人员发现Giardia终究还是有某种形式的线粒体的。
Then a few years ago, Giardia were found to have a form of mitochondria after all.
就在几年前，Facebook还是90后大学生的专属领域。一转眼，世界变了。
Just a few short years ago, Facebook was the exclusive province of postmillennial college undergraduates.
但在美国，就在几年前，原子钟还没流行起来的时候，你是没办法知道精确时间的。
In U. S., before the atomic clocks become prevalent a few years ago, there's no way to know the exact time.
就在几年前，“把你名字删掉”这样的电话留言还不能在短时间之内传到百万人民耳中。
The voice message left for one alleged mistress asking her to “take your name off the phone” could not have spread so rapidly to millions of people only a few years ago.
就在几年前的夏季，如果没有邮递员给我递送来自度假的朋友或亲人的明信片，日子就觉得难熬。
Until a few years ago, hardly a day would go by in the summer without the mailman bringing a postcard from a vacationing friend or acquaintance.
就在几年前，发生水桶和婴儿一起滚动的事件。因为水桶是用来浸泡宝宝尚未清洗的尿布的。
Up until a few years ago buckets and babies went hand in hand as buckets were used for soaking the baby's nappies prior to them being washed.
就在几年前，要呈现曲线元素，还差不多总需要对高度定制的图像进行切分，然后添加额外的标注。
Just a few years ago, curvy elements almost always meant slicing up highly customized imagery and adding extra markup.
就在几年前，旅居北京的老外还必须到处寻找诞树和装饰品，要么就得保证家乡有充足的后备供应。
Just a few years ago, Western expats had to search high and low for Christmas trees and decorations, or make sure they had a good supply from home.
就在几年前，你还不得不到航空公司网站上查询航班，往往还不止浏览一个网站以确定到底要预定什么航班。
Only a few years ago, you had to go to an airline's website to find a flight, visiting more than one in order to make a decision on what to book.
就在几年前，这乏味的科学还被吹得神乎其神，宣称它甚至还能解释很多其他人类行为，例如贩毒和相扑等。
A few years ago, the dismal science was being acclaimed as a way of explaining ever more forms of human behaviour, from drug-dealing to sumo-wrestling.
就在几年前，格林斯潘怎么就能讲“我们的金融体系是富有弹性的”—感谢金融衍生品，然而现在却行不通了？
How, for example, could Alan Greenspan have declared, just a few years ago, that “the financial system as a whole has become more resilient” — thanks to derivatives, no less?
就在几年前，伦敦街道下面10000英里（16000公里）长的自来水管中的一半已经过了百岁，经常爆裂。
Only a few years ago more than half of the 10,000 miles (16,000km) of water pipes below the streets of London were over a hundred years old and often burst.
最近的一项调查表明，X%的调查对象把致富作为他们的首选，相比之下，就在几年前，只有X%的人这样想。
A recent survey showed that X percent ofrespondents ranked getting rich as their top priority , compared to X percent only a few years ago .
最近的一项调查表明，X%的调查对象把致富作为他们的首选，相比之下，就在几年前，只有X%的人这样想。
A recent survey showed that X percent ofrespondents ranked getting rich as their top priority , compared to X percent only a few years ago .
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