Because knowing the future is always helpful it is no surprise that people have been trying to make forecasts since a long long time ago.

由于预知未来总是有利无弊，所以人们很久很久以前就开始这方面的尝试。

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When I left India, which was a long long time ago, my mother gave me certain utensils to take with me, and they were all heavy, I remember that.

很多很多年前，当我离开印度时，我母亲送给我一些厨具带在身上，我记得它们可真是沉甸甸的呵。

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He said, Boy, you might not understand... but a long long time ago...

他说，“孩子，你大概不能理解，不过，很久很久以前。”

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Ancient Greek myths told of a time long ago when people lived in peace and happiness.

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Well, you know, it goes back to the beginning of the formation of the personal computer industry, which--that sounds like a long time ago.

嗯，你知道，这要追溯到,个人电脑产业的形成初期，听起来相当久远了。

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and I think that because... from a long time ago there were, it was just a very diverse city.

而且很久前，这里就是个多元性的城市。

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We Brits stopped using gold for pound coins a long, long time ago as the amount of gold that made a pound shrank away to microscopic amounts (currently around 0.03 grammes of gold).

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Curiously enough, that idea of "mutual" funds was originally mentioned in a speech by Emmanuel Cohen, who was a wonderful chairman of the SEC, a long, long time ago.

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The horse, riders, and the whole Calvary left the barn a long, long time ago.

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