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。

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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。

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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。

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He says before the rains failed more than two years ago, he had 400 goats and 20 camels.

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And I was here before actually, like six years ago or something,

其实我以前来过，大概六年前吧，

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A year ago around 90 percent did. Also,more women receive care before giving birth than ever before, and more midwives are present at births.

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They finally moved in a year and a half ago, shortly before their son was born, and Ms. Nelson said it was worth it to be able to stay and raise their family in the city.

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Many of the beautiful concertos and sonatas you're playing today were written hundreds of years ago, long before CDs and computers and MP3 players were ever invented.

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Then came the board meeting 48 hours ago before Wise and his representatives were advised of the action taken against him.

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