The man reading the Times at the bus stop remarks on a story that begins with the words "Once upon a time", the classic opening for fairy tales in English.

在汽车站旁读《泰晤士报》的一位男士正评论一条新闻，该新闻以“从前啊”几个字开头，这是英语童话故事的典型开头。

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Once upon a time there lived a stone-cutter who went every day to a great rock in the side of a big mountain and cut out slabs for gravestones or for houses.

从前有一位切石匠，他每天都会来到一座大山旁边的巨石前，切割下一块块的石板用以制作石碑或建造房屋。

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Once upon a time a man appeared in a village and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each.

从前有个商人来到村庄，他向村民们宣布，将以每只10美元的价格收购猴子。

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The reason for this is that once upon a time I used to sell software and services.

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Not one of them has suggested that he was for health insurance mandates once upon a time before he experienced a change of mind based on new information or research.

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Going into the field to make a few shekels is about an effective a strategy as moving to Casablanca for the waters, despite the fact that, once upon a time, Charles Dickens not only wrote for money, he was pilloried by critics for doing just that.

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