A few years ago it was virtually impossible to find superior quality coffee in local shops.
几年前在当地的商店里几乎不可能买到上好的咖啡。
A long time ago it belonged to an emperor.
很久以前，它属于一个皇帝。
Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of "Friends", a popular sitcom, would soon be able to purchase a sweater like Jennifer Aniston's with a few taps on their remote control.
近十年前，有人曾预测，热门情景喜剧《老友记》的观众们只需轻轻按一下遥控器，便很快就能买到詹妮弗·安妮斯顿那样的毛衣。
Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of "Friends", a popular situation comedy, would soon be able to purchase a sweater like Jennifer Aniston's with a few taps on their remote control.
大约十年前就有预测认为，流行情景剧《老友记》的观众很快就能通过在遥控器上按几下买到剧中詹妮弗·安妮斯顿的同款毛衣了。
A long time ago it was widely believed that there was life on Mars.
很久以前，人们普遍认为火星上有生命。
A decade ago it was a battlefield.
而这里10年前，却是战场。
三年前这个数字是四十美元。
Five years ago it was around 3%.
五年前的派息率则为3%左右。
Fifteen years ago it was all about oo.
十五年前，大家全都在谈oo。
Fifty years ago it was widespread around the world.
50年前，它广泛地流行于世界。
A month ago it was tarantulas left in a tank in a kitchen.
纽比说道，“一个月前，我们发现一只狼蛛被丢弃在厨房的水箱里。
Where we were headed a little while ago it was terrible.
不久前我们到了一个危险阶段，太可怕了。
An hour and half ago it was nothing but a bunch of powder and binder.
一个半小时前它还是一些粉末和粘合剂。
When Zhang moved into his house 24 years ago it was in a village.
24年前当张长福搬进这间房子，这里还是一个小村庄。
Overall compared to one month ago it just shows how quickly football can change.
相比于一个月之前，我只能说足球的变化是在是太快了。
Five years ago it announced with a fanfare that it had grown cloned human embryos.
五年前，这个公司曾鼓吹其培养了克隆的人类胚胎。
This process is worth examining because up until a few years ago it would have been untenable.
这一过程是值得研究的，因为直到几年以前这一过程还不是很过硬。
It has destroyed jobs quickly, but not long ago it was also creating them in unprecedented Numbers.
它能迅速的减少工作岗位，但不久后也会以前所未有的数量创造工作岗位。
A generation ago, it was thought that babies born this small could not survive.
在上一代以前，人们认为这么小的新生儿是没法存活的。
Three weeks ago, it was discovered the cancer had spread to his liver.
三周前，发现癌已扩散到了他的肝脏。
Two years ago, it put Italy on notice, saying the government was not protecting Venice.
两年前，它曾警告意大利，称其政府没有保护威尼斯。
After escaping from whaling boats 150 years ago, it quickly evolved to triple in size and switched from herbivory to eating flesh.
自150年前从捕鲸船跑出来以后，它很快就进化到三倍大小，由食草变成食肉。
Thirty years ago, it would have been inconceivable to have imagined a ban on smoking in the workplace or in pubs, and yet that is what we have now.
30年前，在工作场所或酒吧里禁烟会是不可想象的，而它正是我们如今所有的。
More than 10 years ago, it was difficult to buy a tasty pineapple.
10多年前，要买到好吃的菠萝是很难的。
Although it started producing mobile phones not many years ago, it has become one of the most famous phone companies.
虽然前些年才开始生产手机，但它已经成为最著名的手机公司之一。
Not very long ago, it was also unthinkable that a virus would shut down nations and that safety nets would be proven so disastrously lacking in flexibility.
不久以前，人们还无法想象一种病毒能使众多国家封闭，而安全网被证明是如此灾难性地缺乏灵活性。
Not long ago, it was anything but dull, expanding at an astronomical rate through one big deal after another.
不久以前，它除了愚钝，还有以天文数字的速度通过一个又一个大交易扩充外，几乎是不值得一提的。
Not long ago, it was anything but dull, expanding at an astronomical rate through one big deal after another.
不久以前，它除了愚钝，还有以天文数字的速度通过一个又一个大交易扩充外，几乎是不值得一提的。
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