Beijing Opera is not as popular as it was before.

京剧不像以前那么受欢迎了。

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State aid is less bountiful than it was before.

国家援助没有从前那么多。

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The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center says the city's population is about seventy-seven percent of what it was before Katrina.

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What was neat about it is before that time, the predominant species to use for air conditioning or refrigeration was ammonia.

在这之前是很整洁的，之前最主要的用于空调或者冰箱的,物质是氨。

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So it's true. Before, it was like a butcher place where they cut the cows and pigs and everything.

是这样的。以前它像个杀牛、猪等动物的屠宰场。

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But it's still well below what it was before the drought came on about 1999.

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Just bring the economy back to what it was before the beginning of this recession.

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But within a few weeks, coverage reverts to where it was before the shooting.

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