long ago

When you look back at your own past to long ago, you are more likely to see things you should have or could have done.

当你回顾你自己更为久远的过去时，你更倾向于看到那些你本该去做或本应该完成的事。

No doubt they will be just as intrigued by the chair's uniquely human voices as people were by "belly speaking" long ago.

时，这群人会多么吃惊。无疑地，他们肯定会对椅子居然会说话这件事相当感兴趣，就像从前的人看待“肚子说话”一样。

A game against QPR (yes it was that long ago) that had been postponed from earlier in the season.

对QPR的比赛（是的，的确是很久远的事了）是赛季初期延迟到那个时候的。

Not long ago John lost his wife, Janet, to cancer. God knows she was a fighter, but in the end the disease won their eight-year battle.

不久之前，约翰的妻子珍昵特患了癌症。上帝知道她是一位勇敢的战斗者，但最后，经过八年的抗争之后，疾病还是夺去了她的生命。

Even more interesting, long ago in Italy, the father, on giving away his daughter to the groom, presented him with one of her slippers.

更有趣的是，在很久以前的意大利，当父亲把自己的女儿交给新郎时，送给新郎一只女儿的拖鞋。

That is now all changing, and you are beginning to understand concepts that not too long ago would have baffled you.

现在一切都改变了，你现在正开始有了一个在很久之前你就被“迷惑”的概念。

Not long ago I was at the checkout of a department store when the man ahead of me turned and made a joke about something he had bought.

不久前我在百货商店付款时，前面的一个男子转过身，就自己买的东西开了个玩笑。

Christmas represents the birth of Christ and the hope of a return of the light of love once known by the human species and Earth long ago.

圣诞节象征着基督的诞生以及回归很久以前人类物种与地球所知的爱与光之希望。

He is a "force for good" , says the company, which started calling him a "balanced, active lifestyles ambassador" as long ago as 2004.

公司表示，小丑代表着“善的力量”，从2004年起，公司就开始称小丑为“均衡饮食，积极生活大使”。

As long ago as the very beginning of our republic, its founders saw that the cities were danger-spots in their plan.

早在建国之初，共和国的缔造者们就已经看到，城市是他们规划中的危险之地。

Long Ago, there was a bird to sang just once in its life. From the moment it left its nest, it searched for a thorn tree.

很久以前，有一种鸟，一生只歌唱一次。从它离巢的一刻起，它就在寻找一棵荆棘树。

And through it all , Linda never tired of reminding me of the time I stood up for her, long ago , in the back corner booth.

自始至终，琳达总是一再提醒我，在很久以前，在那个角落的包厢里，我曾为她挺身而出。

It was like the revival of an old melodrama that I had seen long ago with childish awe.

那是老式情节剧的重现，很久以前，我曾怀着孩童的那种敬畏观看过。

In fact, there was a time when you were never connected to the online world (not that long ago) and (gasp! ) you survived.

实际上，不久之前人们是根本无法在网络世界里交流和联系的。（注意！）

Nisan told me that not long ago he had a real girlfriend, but that she dumped him.

尼森告诉我，不久之前自己有一个真实的女友，后来被她甩了。

We both knew that his accident was over long ago, so far in the past that there was no longer anything to fear.

我们都知道这场事故已经过去很久了，已经没什么能让人害怕的了。

Not long ago, my now-adult daughter called from New York to let me know about a medical scare she was facing.

前不久，已经长大成人的女儿从纽约给我打电话，告诉我她正面临的医疗危机。

Not so long ago, it seemed China might finally be ready to take on a larger role.

不久前，中国似乎终于要开始承担一个更重要的角色。

Long ago, when he had been left alone while the Dursleys went out to enjoy themselves, the hours of solitude had been a rare treat.

很久以前，每当德思礼一家出去玩，而他一个人被留下的时候，那孤独的几个小时总有一种罕见的恐惧感。

Long, long ago, there was an old fisherman and his wife living near the sea.

很久很久以前，在海边住着一位渔夫和他妻子。