Traditional stories make use of formulaic expressions like 'Once upon a time...'.
传统故事采用“从前…”一类的套语。
Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess.
从前，有一位美丽的公主。
Once upon a time there was a princess...
从前有一位公主…
Once upon a time, a wealthy old man lived alone in a big house.
从前，一位富有的老人独自住在一所大房子里。
Once upon a time, in a beautiful mountain inn, there was a greedy old innkeeper who was always thinking about money.
从前，在一个美丽的山间客栈里，有一个贪婪的老店主，他总是想着赚钱。
Once upon a time, a man met a dog and wanted it to help him in the fight against other animals, and the dog listened to him and did what he told him to do.
从前，有个人遇到一只狗，想让它帮助他与其他动物搏斗；狗听了他的话，照他说的做了。
Once upon a time there was a wicked sprite, indeed he was the most mischievous of all sprites.
从前有一个邪恶的精灵，他是所有精灵中最淘气的一个。
The man reading the Times at the bus stop remarks on a story that begins with the words "Once upon a time", the classic opening for fairy tales in English.
在汽车站旁读《泰晤士报》的一位男士正评论一条新闻，该新闻以“从前啊”几个字开头，这是英语童话故事的典型开头。
Once upon a time, they weren't even boxes.
很久以前，它们甚至都不是盒子。
Once upon a time there were three little pigs.
从前，有三只小猪。
Once upon a time, they actually were thinking about knocking it down.
从前，他们确实是在考虑拆除它。
Once upon a time, if you hated your job, you either quit or bit your lip.
曾几何时，如果你讨厌你的工作，你要么辞职，要么咬紧牙关坚持。
Once upon a time, people who lived alone tended to be those on either side of marriage—twentysomething professionals or widowed senior citizens.
曾几何时，独自生活的人往往是婚姻中的任意一方——或是包括20多岁的专业人士，或是丧偶的老年人。
Once upon a time, there was a simple answer.
从前，有过一个十分简单的答案。
Once upon a time the physical book was a challenging thing.
从前，实体书是一件具有挑战性的东西。
Once upon a time, a Japanese man wanted to rebuild his house.
从前，一个日本人想重建他的房子。
Once upon a time, in a rich and beautiful country, there lived an unhappy king.
从前，在一个富饶美丽的国家里，住着一位不幸的国王。
Once upon a time, there was a poor mother who lived alone with her son, Jack.
从前，有一个很穷的母亲，她和她的儿子一起生活，她的儿子名叫杰克。
Once upon a time, there was a millionaire who loved money more than the other things in the world.
从前，有一个百万富翁，他爱钱胜过世界上的其他东西。
Once upon a time, there lived a teacher In a small town.
从前，在一个小镇上住着一位老师。
Once upon a time, there was a king.
从前，有一位国王。
Once upon a time, there lived a kind king.
从前，有一位善良的国王。
Once upon a time there was a piece of wood.
从前有一块木头。
Once upon a time there lived a king called Minos.
从前，有一位名叫米诺斯的国王。
Once upon a time there was a little boy who had taken cold.
从前，有一个患了感冒的小男孩。
Once upon a time, in the forest there lived a baby elephant, who had no friends.
从前，在森林里住着一只小象，它没有朋友。
Once upon a time, there was a tree which wanted to become a treasure box.
从前，有一棵树想成为一个宝盒。
There was once upon a time a queen to whom God had given no children.
从前有一位王后，上帝没有给她孩子。
Once upon a time, money were just shells.
从前，钱仅仅是贝壳。
Once upon a time, money were just shells.
从前，钱仅仅是贝壳。
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