During the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure had been transformed by economic risk and new realities.

过去的十几年里，美国那些曾可以依靠辛勤劳动和公平条件维持稳定收入的中产阶层家庭的生活被济风险和新现实改变了。

He had visited this office under two of its previous occupants.

办公室的前两位主人的时候，哈利曾来过这里。

In other words, at a time when the working class has turned the country on its political head, frustrated that the opportunity that once defined America is vanishing, one obvious solution is staring us in the face.

换言，人阶级完全转变了国家的政治观念，为曾使美国所以成为美国的机会正消失而灰心的时候，有个显而易见的解决道就眼前。

As a lad I was small and tiny, kids would laugh and they'd called me names.

我曾是个身材矮小的小伙子，孩子们嘲笑我，给我起各种外号。

He once waited on me. - Awesome!

他曾招待过我。- 太棒了！

The Chamber of Secrets has been opened before? Hermione said.

密室以前曾过？赫敏说。

Well, at one time, the U.S. was called a melting pot, you know, which means that people of many different religions, cultures and races could shed their traditional cultural identities and blend into one homogeneous nation.

嗯，美国曾被称为“大熔炉”，你知道，这意味着许多不同宗教、文化和种族的人可以拜托传统文化身份融入到一个统一的民族中。

Auckland was the capital of New Zealand for some time.

奥克兰曾是新西兰的首都。

The flower had once seen a caravan passing.

花曾看见一支商队走过。

James Ferguson was a poor Scotch shepherd boy.

詹姆斯.弗格森曾是一个贫穷的苏格兰牧童。

These, I know, are real concerns. I had them, too. But don’t let those worries stop you from making a difference.

我知道这些都是应该担忧的事情。我曾也有过这些担忧。但不要让这些担忧阻碍你有所作为。

Now, I've had pneumonia, I've had walking pneumonia.

我曾得过肺炎。

Next today, we've told you how the demilitarize zone that separates North and South Korea is actually one of the most heavily militarized borders on earth.

接下里关注今天的另一消息。我们曾报道过，朝鲜和韩国间的非军事区实际上是世界上最危险的军事边界。

No one had the slightest suspicion of what beautiful things she had seen.

谁也不知道她曾看到过多么美丽的东西。

What was once smooth pasture land is now scarred by a huge sinkhole.

曾平坦的牧场现被一个巨大的阴沟弄得伤痕累累。

We defended other nation's borders while refusing to defend our own.

我们曾致力于保卫其他国家的领地，却忽略了我们自己的领土。

I remember we were given long articles to read.

我记得我们曾要读长篇文章。

In 10 seconds, what was once 350 feet tall became a heap of rubble.

10秒钟内，曾350英尺高的东西变成了一堆瓦砾。

Wolves were once the most widely distributed land mammal apart from humans.

狼曾是人类外分布最广的陆地哺乳动物。

Father used to carry me down by the riverbank on his shoulders.

爸爸曾把我举他的肩头上带我去河边。