I spoke to farmers who only ten years ago barely made ends meet as subsistence farmers.

与我交谈的农民仅十年前还在从事仅能糊口的自给型农业。

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I remember only ten years ago there could be seen hundreds of huge Brazilian rosewood logs piled up on the Brooklyn docks, sitting out in the open.

我还记得才十年前，在布鲁克林码头上，可以看到数以百计的巴西玫瑰大圆木，堆放在户外。

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Ten years ago, when the first NEWSWEEK list based on college-level test participation was published, only three of the top 100 schools had graduating classes smaller than 100 students.

十年前，《新闻周刊》发布了第一份基于大学水平考试参与度的排行榜，当时排名前100位的学校中，只有三所学校的毕业班学生人数少于100人。

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Yes, really, Chinese manufacturing wages are over four times what they were only ten years ago.

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Only ten years ago hundreds of Venezuelans died when the armed forces were used to quell demonstrations of popular discontent.

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It was only ten years ago that the Netscape Web browser appeared.

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