It used to be that government officials were all picked by political patronage and they, very often, were incompetent.

过去政府官员,通常都是走后门进来的,他们经常都是不称职的。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

In fact, I used to go to church in Harlem. And it was... We would walk to and from church.

事实上，我过去经常去哈莱姆的教堂。它……我们会从家里步行到教堂，然后再从教堂步行回家。

哈莱姆很独特 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

That's right. Louisiana Slim he's sometimes called. Yes, Sir. I sure have met Big Slim. And he used to work in the east Texas oil fields?"

对，人们有时叫他路易斯安那的细杆，是的先生我肯定,遇见过，他过去是不是经常在得克萨斯州东部的油田工作？“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

It used to be that people would hide money in their house and it would frequently get stolen and it didn't earn any interest.

过去人们往往是将钱藏在家里,经常被盗不说,还没有任何利息收入

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

I also love Central Park. It used to be a tradition for my husband and I.

同时，我也喜欢中央公园。我和我的丈夫过去经常到那里。

纽约的公园 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

So only one thing what I bought there, and I'm buying presents usually in Chinatown,

所以过去我只在那里买过一样东西，而现在我经常在唐人街买礼物，

强烈推荐购物 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He said that for me that the myth of the past is a golden age, that he always harking back to occur in Grand Detour in Illinois.

他说对于他来说,过去之谜就是一段黄金时间，就是他经常,出现在伊利诺伊州Grand，Detour时。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

where, for me, I didn't used to...

对我来说，我过去不经常……

纽约的负面变化 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

They were lending to banks that were in trouble and the--so we'll give them a good rate; that's what they used to do.

他们向处于困境的银行贷款,并且-所以，我们要给他们一个好的比率；,这就是他们过去经常做的。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选