Two years ago,European researchers reported that aspirin may have what they called a "long-term protective effect against colorectal cancer."

VOA: special.2010.12.14

Well, you know, it goes back to the beginning of the formation of the personal computer industry, which--that sounds like a long time ago.

嗯，你知道，这要追溯到,个人电脑产业的形成初期，听起来相当久远了。

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

and I think that because... from a long time ago there were, it was just a very diverse city.

而且很久前，这里就是个多元性的城市。

移民者的都市 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Mr.Hawass is often described as a colorful leader who has brought Egypt's long-ago past to the attention of the world.

VOA: special.2011.03.08

And then the most surprising thing of all was a study done not long ago, published in 1997 of registered dieticians.

不久前的实验中,让人惊奇的事发生了,在1997年由注册营养学家发表

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Its long history almost came to an end two years ago when a major fire burned its South Hall building.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

So, give me two more minutes, I'm going to end, and a few of you, faces, I've heard this before, people that I know; but, I guess one reason why I'm in history--well, because I read a book a long time ago.

所以,再给我两分钟,我就要结束了,你们有些人,面孔,这我见过,有的人我认识,但是,我觉得我之所以搞历史,因为我很久以前读过一本书

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Ancient Greek myths told of a time long ago when people lived in peace and happiness.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

So I gave you some numbers I made up actually a long time ago, but since I've been using this game in class, somebody went out and checked.

我列举的数字都是我很久前编出来的,在我需要在课上引用数字的时候就有了,有人还为此做了调查

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

A visitor still remembers the memory aid she learned long ago from her fifth-grade teacher.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

Now, you might think that's a long time ago, 1886?

你可能认为这太久远了,1886年吗

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But even with all the progress, there is still a long way to go to reach all eight goals approved by world leaders ten years ago.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

Now that everything is did not live), it all seems a long time ago, though practically I still bear traces of the paint." Again, that parenthetical elides the death of the child.

这是莫娜的信：“现在一切都结束了,太可惜了，没能活下来！），一切似乎已经遥远，尽管自己至今,还在脸上留着残妆，“又一次的，这则附言草草提及孩子的死。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

A huge hole was torn in the front of it a long time ago.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

Now in the course of this, a student asked a very good question that I should have pointed out a long time ago, and that is: when an orchestra plays or an ensemble plays and they're looking at their music and they're reading their music, do they play a chord?

在这期间，我本该早就提起的，由一个学生提出的非常好的问题是，当管弦乐队演奏或合奏团演出时,他们各个盯着并读自己的那部分乐谱，他们奏出和弦了吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Other people say a railroad worker named Obadiah Kelly invented the word long ago.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

so for about six, oh, no, it was nine hours a day, it's a long time ago.

每天要上六个，噢，不是，是九个小时的课，这都是很久以前的事情了。

纽约的人们 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

We talked last week about how this idea developed a long time ago.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

Well, it's a long time ago but it was elementary school, you know, maybe 3rd grade, 4th grade,

那是很久以前的事情了，应该是小学时候吧，那大概是三年级或者四年级，

美国的博物馆教育 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

We arrive at Oatman,Arizona. Long ago,Oatman was a rich gold-mining town.

VOA: special.2010.08.23

So I did teach English in a foreign country, in Greece for a year, a long time ago.

那么我在外国教过英语，在希腊教了一年，那是在很久以前了。

在公园相遇的老师 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Long ago, the building had belonged to a noble family.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

That happened not too long ago, but it was just a really fantastic display of all his work.

那是不久前的事情，但它真的极好地展示了他所有的作品。

印象深刻的展示会 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

One recent visitor said the Ellis Island immigration hall feels alive with the stories of people who left their native lands long ago to start a new life in a new country.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

In more recent times, I have seen... it's a long time ago, but I've seen concerts there.

最近，我看了……那是挺久前的事情了，我在那儿看了演唱会。

精彩音乐会 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

(No Transcripts) "Maybe a story I told a long time ago that kid will carry with him, and he'll make the right choice."

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

that's a long time ago, more than... well, about a hundred years, but I think,

那是很久以前，多过……嗯，差不多一百年了，但是我觉得，

以爱因斯坦为榜样 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"A long time ago, bear used to have a long fuzzy tail like the fox.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

It was... I liked it. I saw it in high school a long time ago.

它……我喜欢。我好久之前在高中看的。

对于古怪教授 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

I held off for a very long time, but I just got mine a month ago. And now I don't know how I live without it.

我拖了好长时间，一个月前才买的。而且现在我不知道离开它该如何生活。

没有智能手机活不了 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人