Not long ago, with the country entering a recessing and Japan at its pre-bubble peak, the U. S. workforce was derided as poorly educated and one of primary cause of the poor U. S. economic performance.

不久前，随着美国经济陷入衰退，日本正处于泡沫破灭前期，美国工人被嘲讽没有受过良好教育。这被认为这是美国经济不景气主要原因之一。

Long ago Dr yuan had a dream about rice plants as tall as sorghum.

很久以前，袁博士曾在梦里看到水稻长得像粱一样，。

As long ago as 500 A.D., Persians used windmills for grinding grain and pumping water.

早在公元500年，波斯人就利用风车来研磨谷物以及抽水。

Okay, first of all, it was statutory, and it happened so long ago.

首先，协议符合法律规定。其次那是好久以前事了。

My own relations with Congress began on a remote and tenuous basis when, long ago, a member of the Senate appointed me to West Point.

我自己刚开始时与国会之间关系便相当疏远和脆弱，当时，很久以前了，某个国会成员任命我去西点军校。

Not long ago, with the country entering a recession and Japan at its pre-bubble peak, the U.S. workforce was derided as poorly educated and one of the primary causes of the U.S. economic performance.

不久前，随着美国经济陷入衰退，日本正处于泡沫破灭前期，美国工人被嘲讽没有受过良好教育。这被认为这是美国经济表现主要原因之一。

Once upon a time, not too long ago, November 9, to be precise.

很久以前，确切地说是11月9日。

His work alongside his wife Amy was found to have been disproved long ago by a Russian scientist, and he didn't take that news.

他和妻子艾米工作被发现在很久以前就已经被一位俄罗斯科学家证明是错误，然而他并不知道这个消息。

There's no nutrients there that were used up long ago.

那里营养早就已经被用光。

Sailors took note of this long ago, and came up with the saying, " The farther the sight, the nearer the rain."

水手在很久前就注意到了这点，“看得越远， 雨来越快”。

Many of those who manage America's biggest hedge funds long ago decamped to Greenwich, Connecticut.

许多管理美国最大对冲基金人很久以前就搬到了康涅狄格州格林威治。

The question would have sounded strange not long ago.

在不久前，这个问题听来让人觉得奇怪。

Not long ago, people like me were shunned and hidden away.

不久以前，像我这样人是不被待见。

Long ago, the queen of England knew that many clocks had different times.

很久以前，英国女王知道很多钟表时间都不一样。

Veteran Korea watchers say it`s remarkable, given the tensions in this stand off not long ago that the summit took place.

经验丰富韩国专家说，这很了不起，考虑到这次会紧张局势，会在不久前举行。

Long ago, I had a brother. - Oogway had a brother?

很久以前，我有一个弟弟。－乌龟大师有一个弟弟？

Oh, done away with long ago, he said.

“哦，早就打发掉了，”他说。

It really wasn't that long ago that I would have laughed in your face if you told me that I would own my own online business and that I'd have a team of people working for me.

不久之前，如果你告诉我，我可以拥有自己线上公司，有一个团队人为我工作，我真会当面嘲笑你。

The pyramid's exact size has puzzled experts for centuries, as the " more than 21 acres of hard, white casing stones" that originally covered it were removed long ago.

几个世纪以来，金字塔精确尺寸一直困扰着专家们，因为最初覆盖在金字塔上“超过 21 英亩白色坚硬罩石”早已被拆除。

Long ago, all American schoolchildren knew the historical story of how Abraham Lincoln walked five miles to return a penny he had overcharged a customer.

很久以前，所有美国学童都知道亚伯拉罕.林肯步行5英里去归还他多收顾客一便士历史故事。