我现在讲的是很久以前的故事。

I'm telling here of a time long ago.

youdao

但是这是很早以前的故事了。

But that was long, long ago.

youdao

请求他给你讲他以前的故事并记录下来。

Ask him to tell you his "old stories" and record them.

youdao

One of the stories that is often told is the goldsmith banker's story that goes back I don't know how many hundred years.

经常被人们提起的一个故事是,金匠银行家的故事,它可以追溯到,我不知道是几百年以前了

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