The president now seems a more chastened and less confident politician than when he set out a week ago.
总统现在看起来是一个比一星期前刚就任时更多历练、更少自信的政客了。
When customers say they enjoy his meal, he still gets the same pleasure he did as a child, and remembers the special gift he received all those years ago.
当顾客说他们喜欢他的饭菜时，他仍然能得到孩提时代的那种快乐，并记得多年前他收到的特别礼物。
A century ago in the United States, when an individual brought suit against a company, public opinion tended to protect that company.
在一个世纪前的美国，当个人对一家公司提起诉讼时，公众舆论往往会保护那家公司。
When I was born on a Sunday twelve years ago, the sun was shining brightly.
十二年前，当我在一个星期日出生的时候，阳光灿烂。
When a Scottish research team startled the world by revealing 3 months ago that it had cloned an adult sheep, President Clinton moved swiftly.
3个月前，当苏格兰的一个研究小组宣布他们克隆了一只成年绵羊并震惊了全世界时，克林顿总统迅速采取了行动。
Despite the dangers, sea cucumber divers were working the area a decade ago when, 51 feet down, they came across a coral block with ceramics embedded in it.
尽管危险重重，十多年前，海参潜水员在这个区域工作，当他们潜入51英尺深的时候，无意中发现了一块嵌有陶器的珊瑚块。
The grave was that of a child, only five when he died fifteen years ago.
这是一个孩子的坟墓，十五年前去世时他才五岁。
It had been the end of the school year when it happened three years ago, only a few days after my fourteenth birthday.
那还是三年前的事，当时学年就要结束，我的十四岁生日刚刚过去几天。
Benson was a normal-size carp when she was placed in the Kingfisher Lake 16 years ago.
16年前，当本森被放入翠鸟湖时，她是一条正常大小的鲤鱼。
The old rules have to be revised because they only applied to the circumstances that existed when they were made a hundred years ago.
旧的规则必须修改，因为它们只适用于一百年前制定规则时存在的情况。
Now you can find that that apricot recipe you came across a few months ago, especially when you suddenly want to see how to do it.
现在你可以找到几个月前偶然发现的杏肉食谱，特别是当你现在突然想看看怎么做的时候。
Seven years ago, when I was visiting Germany, I met with an official who explained to me that the country had a perfect solution to its economic problems.
我在七年前到访德国时，遇到了一位官员，他向我解释说，德国有一个完美的办法来解决经济问题。
Gabriel was a student here in this class two years ago, when we came and presented on the program and he is currently a student in the MAPP program.
加布里尔两年前是这门课的学生，当时我们来做这个项目的演讲，现在他是MAPP 项目的学生。
I first discovered the Napoleonic cryptographic battle a few years ago when I was reading Sir Charles Oman's epic History of the Peninsular War.
几年前，我在阅读查尔斯·奥曼爵士的恢弘巨著《半岛战争史》时，第一次发现了拿破仑时期的密码战。
About a year ago, when Phil last had a hospital appointment, the men in green arrived said they were not licensed to use the hoist to get Phil off the bed.
大约一年前，当菲尔最后一次去医院预约的时候，那些穿绿衣服的人来了，他们说他们没有得到许可使用提升机把菲尔从床上弄下来。
His last full-time job, as a merchandise buyer and product developer, ended four years ago when his employer went out of business.
他的上一份全职工作是商品采购和产品开发，四年前他的雇主倒闭了，他的工作也随之结束。
Two weeks ago, on a hot summer afternoon, I was about to cross a little busy road when I noticed an old grandpa with a heavy bag on his back just a few meters from me.
两周前，一个炎热的夏天的下午，我正要穿过一条有点繁忙的马路，这时我注意到一位背着一个沉重的包的老爷爷就在离我几米远的地方。
Skeptics were dismayed several years ago when a group of societies including the American Medical Association tried to end the debate by issuing a joint statement.
几年前，包括美国医学会在内的一些学会试图通过发表一份联合声明来结束这场争论，这让对此持怀疑态度的人感到失望。
When I was researching this for a study a few years ago, I visited a couple of these typical limestone caves, and they were all very wet, you know, from streams and rivers.
几年前我做这项研究时，我探访了其中几个比较典型的洞穴，它们都很潮湿，你们也知道这是因为小溪和河流的缘故。
Jumping out of a moving plane is not as revolutionary as it was 600 years ago when Renaissance inventors started experimenting with the parachute.
从一个移动中的飞机中跳出来可不像600年前文艺复兴发明家们开始测试降落伞那样具有革命意义。
It all started two years ago when I was planning a trip to India.
一切还要从两年前说起，那时我计划去印度旅行。
She taught us English when I attended a training course two years ago.
两年前我参加一个培训课程时，她教我们英语。
Long ago, when the world was young, a spider was given a pot (罐子) containing all the wisdom (智慧) of the world.
在很久以前，当世界还很年轻的时候，有人给了一只蜘蛛一个装有世界上所有智慧的罐子。
Many years ago, a little girl named Collin Rose decided that when she grew up, she would offer a warm home to those sick and homeless children.
许多年前，一个叫科林·罗斯的小女孩决定长大后要为那些生病和无家可归的孩子们提供一个温暖的家。
Now she can speak Chinese very well, but five years ago, when she first came, she could only speak it a little.
现在她中文说得很好，但五年前她刚来时还说不了几句。
When I opened my own summer camp seven years ago, I was ready to become a camp leader.
七年前，当我开办自己的夏令营时，我已经准备好成为一名夏令营营长。
When the magistrate asked Wang what had happened, he answered, "Zhou said that there were fresh red dates in it when he gave me the jar a year ago." The magistrate examined the jar and the fresh red dates in it carefully. Then he said: "Bring the ingots back, Wang Wu!" How did the county magistrate infer that Wang was lying?
县令问王是怎么回事，王回答说：“一年前给我的时候，周说这罐子里有新鲜的红枣。”县令仔细地检查了坛子和里面新鲜的红枣。然后他说：“王五，把金锭拿回来！”县令是怎么推断王在撒谎的？
When he found there was nothing in Alex's box, the king smiled and said to the others, "One year ago, I gave everyone a seed which couldn't grow. But all of you, except Alex, have brought me flowers."
当国王发现亚历克斯的盒子里空空如也的时候，他笑着对其他人说：“一年前，我给了每个人一粒不能生长的种子。但除了亚历克斯，你们所有人都给我带来了花。”
"Ten years ago, when the science on the climate issue was first increasing, the influences could be seen as an issue for future generations (子孙后代)," Katharine, a climate scientist, told The New York Times.
“十年前，有关气候问题的科学首次增多时，其影响可被看作是子孙后代要面临的问题。”气候科学家凯瑟琳对《纽约时报》说道。
Kim Marren broke her ankle when she collided with a truck five years ago.
金姆·玛伦五年前撞上一辆卡车，脚踝骨折。
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