在过去的几十年里，美国的中产阶级家庭曾经依靠努力工作和公平竞争来保证自己的财务安全，但现在的经济风险和新出现的情况已经改变了这种状况。

During the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure has been transformed by economic risk and new realities.

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我过去曾经集邮。

I used to collect stamps.

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“他过去曾经那么英俊。”—“那么现在呢？”

"He used to be so handsome."—"And now?"

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Royal Shell used to have Dutch shares that traded in Holland and U.K. shares traded in London.

壳牌公司过去就曾经同时拥有在荷兰交易的荷兰股份,和在伦敦进行交易的英国股份。

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My role model... wow. I used to have a role model. I really don't at this point.

我的榜样……哦，我过去曾经有个榜样，但现在，我还真没有。

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The interesting thing is that through time, as political winds change, these taxes have changed and they've gone up to some very high levels in the past in the United States and other countries.

有趣的是在不同时期,如果政策方向有所转变,税率也会改变,在过去的美国和其他国家,税率曾经相当高

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