我那时的工作只有打信。

My work at that time just consisted of typing letters.

《牛津词典》

我那时神经衰弱，他是清楚的。

It was plain to him that I was having a nervous breakdown.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

我那时穿着我的花呢套装。

I was wearing my tweed suit.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

So I had only known people of color. I only knew black people or Nigros as we called ourselves then or we are called.

所以，我所认识的人,就只有黑人而已,那时我们自称“黑鬼“,大家也都这么叫我们。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

I'm usually out early in the morning when it's still dark now because of the changing in the season.

我通常早上很早就出门，因为季节变换，那时天还是黑的。

中央公园的时光 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But I enjoyed it when I finished it. And I was offered a scholarship to do some graduate work because I've done well at it. And it just got went on from there.

但是当我修完了哲学课，我觉得我很享受学习的过程,学校授予了我奖学金来做硕士的研究,因为我在哲学方面做得很好，从那时起，我走上了哲学的道路。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选