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。
It's very different from a generation ago.
这同之前的一代人相比，有极大的差别。
A generation ago, China disputed most of its borders.
在上一代以前，中国与大多数接壤国家存有领土争议。
A generation ago genetic codes were certainly unknown.
密码在上一代确实很少有人知道。
A generation ago, inflation around the world was high and variable.
上一代人经历了严重且变化莫测的世界性通货膨胀。
A generation ago, only 10 percent of families had only children.
一代人之前，只有10%的美国家庭是独生子女家庭。
A generation ago, few outsiders had ever heard of Lake Lugu or the Mosuo.
在上一代，少有外地人听说过泸沽湖或摩梭族。
Today, however, the situation is changing in places ... to their parents a generation ago.
但现在，班加罗尔等地的形势正在改变。在这些地方，IT公司为年轻人提供了赚钱过活的新机遇，而这些机遇是他们父母那一代人不曾遇到过的。
Professional portrait photographers, similarly, are less in demand today than they were a generation ago.
同样的，今天的专业的人像摄影师与他们的职业最繁荣时代相比已经很少被人们所需要。
A generation or two ago, the traditional family.
一代或者两代人以前，传统家庭是惯常现象。
A few years ago it was fashionable to speak of a generation gap.
几年前，代沟是一个非常流行的词。
A few years ago it was fashionable to speak of a generation gap.
几年前，代沟是一个非常流行的词。
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