Because knowing the future is always helpful it is no surprise that people have been trying to make forecasts since a long long time ago.
由于预知未来总是有利无弊，所以人们很久很久以前就开始这方面的尝试。
When I left India, which was a long long time ago, my mother gave me certain utensils to take with me, and they were all heavy, I remember that.
很多很多年前，当我离开印度时，我母亲送给我一些厨具带在身上，我记得它们可真是沉甸甸的呵。
He said, Boy, you might not understand... but a long long time ago...
他说，“孩子，你大概不能理解，不过，很久很久以前。”
A long long time ago the roots of this word were Indo-European and meant "to put," or "to put up" or even "to hang up."
很久以前，那是印欧语系的词根，意味着“去放”或者“举起来”甚至“挂起来”。
A long, long time ago, a very far place.
在很久很久以前，一个很远很远的地方。
Well, let me tell you a story which took place a long, long time ago.
好吧，让我先给你讲一个发生在遥远过去的故事。
Can you imagine a long, long time ago when there was no sun, no trees, no grass, no people?
你能不能想象很久以前，当时没有太阳，没有树，没有草，没有人？
Fairy tales always begin with a long, long time ago, and end with them happily ever after.
童话故事总是以很久很久以前开始，而以他们从此幸福地生活在一起结尾——至少字面上是这样。
That earlier era seems like a long, long time ago now, and in the intervening 30-plus years the matter of names and appropriate terms of address just seems to keep on changing.
现在看来，那个早期时代似乎已是很久很久以前的事了。近三十多年来，姓名及恰当的称谓一直处在不断的变化当中。
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, men and women lived happily together and worked in harmony.
曾几何时，许多年前，男人和女人们过着和谐幸福的生活。
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, men and women lived happily together and worked in harmony.
曾几何时，许多年前，男人和女人们过着和谐幸福的生活。
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