It was about 5000 years ago, even before the first Egyptian pyramid that some amazing Neolithic monuments—tombs, were erected at various sites around Ireland, Great Britain and coastal islands nearby.
大约5000年前，甚至在第一个埃及金字塔建成之前，一些令人惊叹的新石器时代的遗迹——坟墓，就已经在爱尔兰、英国和附近的沿海岛屿的不同地方搭建起来了。
During a rare phone conversation about a year and a half ago he tried to sell me his computer; the time before that, his shoes.
在一年半以前的一次电话里，他试着卖给我他的电脑，这之前他还想卖给我他的鞋子。
Their analogue TV age probably came and went long ago, before humans even thought about searching the sky for signs of intelligent life.
他们类似的电视时代大概在很久以前，甚至在人类想到要在天空中搜索智慧生命信号之前就到来又过去了。
"We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans and confront the worst threats before they emerge," Bush told West Point graduates a few weeks ago.
“我们必须向敌人发起进攻，挫败其计划，在最可怕的威胁出现之前就勇敢地面对它们，”几个星期前布什对西点军校的毕业生说。
That means many of these unassuming mossy carpets were there when humans first made it to the continent a century ago-and likely well before.
这意味着很多这些看起来不起眼的苔藓“地毯”在人类一个世纪前涉足这块大陆前就已经存在了——而且可能是很久之前。
Samantha remembers everything from before about 15 years ago. She remembers going to college, having friends and ambitions, and falling in love.
萨曼塔能记起她十五岁之前发生的所有事情，她记得起学校的事情，交朋友和当时的目标，以及那时的恋爱。
Remember the words and phrases you use when talking about the past, e.g.: before / before: ago / ago: last / last: e.g.
记住在谈论过去的事情时使用的词汇和短语，例如：before / 在...之前:ago / ...之前:last /上一个...: 例如: Where didyou go before?
Camels along a deserted section of land that years ago was flush with vegetation and water before the drought.
数年前拥有繁茂植被和丰富水源的区域，由于干旱，如今已被废弃，骆驼从中穿越。
About a decade ago, Daniel says, some of her clients began complaining about digestive problems, thyroid problems, and allergies they hadn't had before.
丹尼尔说，大约十年前她的一些客户开始抱怨消化问题、甲状腺问题、过敏，这些毛病他们以前都没有。
I had a long talk with Zillah about six weeks ago, a little before you came, one day when we foregathered on the moor; and this is what she told me.
大约六星期以前，就在你来之前不久，我曾和齐拉长谈，那天我们在旷野上遇见了；以下就是她告诉我的。
This photo was taken several months ago, just before he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and not long before my daughter was born.
这张照片拍摄于数个月前，不久他被诊断出患了2型糖尿病，没过多长时间我女儿出生了。
He agreed to it once before, a year and a half ago, more, canceling at the last moment.
他曾经也这样做过，一年半之前，但最后的时刻又取消了决定。
And before anyone feels compelled to criticize our aesthetics, please remember that this was nine years ago—we were young, broke, and thought fairy lights were the ultimate in home décor.
朋友们，请且慢批评我们的美学眼光，要知道这毕竟是九年前，我们年轻而贫穷，圣诞树小彩灯是我们装饰房间的唯一手段。
As the us moves into the second quarter of 2011, it is tempting to make comparisons with a year ago, just before the double-dip scare in the country pushed down global markets and interest rates.
随着美国步入2011年第二季度，人们很容易将现在与一年前进行比较，当时人们对美国的双底衰退恐慌即将推低全球市场和利率。
And about 12 years ago, those viruses began evolving and recombining into new forms that could sicken humans much faster than before, making monitoring a bigger priority.
大约12年前，这些病毒进化重组形成新的病毒，这种病毒对人的伤害更快速，使得流感病毒的检测更加重要。
JONAH GOLDBERG's "Liberal Fascism" enjoyed four postponements, a change of subtitle and a lorry load of advance hate-mail before it was finally published a month ago.
在最终出版的前一月，约拿•戈德堡的《自由法西斯主义》一书曾历经四次延期，一次副标题的变更和一大批提前到来的恐吓信。
Just before we left, the husband told me he and his wife had moved in 34 years ago, right before they got married.
在我们走的时候，男主人告诉我在34年前也就是结婚前夕，他和太太搬进来的。
Mr Treichl joined it as a credit analyst in New York and worked in its offices in Brussels, Athens and Vienna before joining Erste Bank some 15 years ago.
15年前，在加入奥地利第一储蓄银行前，特莱希作为信贷分析员在纽约加入过大通银行，此后在其布鲁塞尔，雅典和维也纳的分支机构工作。
'I have been taking pictures since I got my first digital camera ten years ago and I've worked with lots of other animals before including chickens and dogs.
从十年前拥有自己的第一部数码相机那时候我就开始拍照片，我拍过许多其他动物的照片，包括鸡和狗。
The second caveat is that once you look at the euro and the yen, the dollar has been here before, and not that long ago.
第二就是，相对于欧元和日元，美元在不久之前曾经下跌到过目前的水平。
Sunderland came close to signing Johnson a year ago, before City swooped in and made a more lucrative offer to Middlesbrough.
桑德兰队一年前曼城队插手进去给米德尔斯堡提供一个更可观的报价前，已经接近于签下了约翰逊。
That represents a nearly 19 percent drop from the month before, and a close to 50 percent drop from a year ago.
这代表了和上月相比下降了19%，一去年同期相比下降了将近50%。
Onica Ndzovela, 77, suffered back pain and sore knees before joining the team three years ago. "I am fresh, I don't feel any pain in my body, I can run."
现年77岁的奥尼卡·恩佐·维拉三年前加入了球队，在此之前常感到背部和膝盖酸痛。
Many generations ago, long before Blackberries and Starbucks, there was a time when we could only interact with other people while they were still alive.
在几代之前，远早于黑莓和星巴克的时代，曾经我们只能和活着的人进行交流。
Many generations ago, long before Blackberries and Starbucks, there was a time when we could only interact with other people while they were still alive.
在几代之前，远早于黑莓和星巴克的时代，曾经我们只能和活着的人进行交流。
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