So somewhere, maybe in pre-incarnational time before Franny became Franny, she wanted to be an actress.

可能是在神灵化身之前的时代,在弗兰尼变成弗兰尼之前，她想要成为演员。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I had worked with the president for a long time, by the time I became the WHCS.

在我成为办公室主任前,我已经为总统，工作了很长的时间。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

It did not have a government monopoly on note issue but over the time it became the prime issuer of U.K. notes.

在纸币发行上，它并没有政府垄断者的角色,但是随着时间的流逝,它成为了英国纸币的主要发行者。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

I didn't have the flu at the time but I became violently ill.

我那会并没得流感，但却病的很重。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And,also,because he just sat around and played cards all the time and ate and drank, he became quite a large man,and occasionally he would get up and go and look at the relics of Marie Antoinette, and then he'd go back and play cards for big stakes; he was a big-time gambler.

而且,由于他只是坐在那儿,整日玩牌,饮酒作乐,他变得很肥,有时候他站起来,去看看玛丽王后的遗物,然后又回来豪赌,他是个有名的赌徒

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选