The civil rights era was in play.

当时民权运动如火如荼。

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country.

雷德大当时书法课程大概是美国国内最了。

But what had amused me then turned septic on the air now.

但是当时我觉得晚上变得索然无味了。

The 60-year-old woman was attending a wedding reception in Israel.

这名60岁妇女当时正在以色列参加一个婚礼。

I was swatting his bottom with your brand new Ping Pong paddle.

我当时正用你新乒乓球拍猛击他臀部。

The mob was like a soap opera back then.

当时黑帮就跟肥皂剧似。

We're sorry there's no one to take your call at the moment.

很抱歉当时没能接到您电话。

But NPR Scott Horsley reports no hostages were found.

但是据NPR新闻斯科特·霍斯利报道，当时行动并未发现任何人质。

Besides, many of the joys and sorrows of childhood have lost their poignancy; and many incidents of vital importance in my early education have been forgotten in the excitement of great discoveries.

此外，童年时代欢乐和悲伤大都成为往事前尘，它们已然失去了当时锋芒；在我接受早期教育过程中那些重大事件，已经随着更加激动人心伟大发现而被。

Their collection started over a hundred years ago when a museum director notice that the medieval paintings he brought home were quickly deteriorating.

他们从一百年之前就开始收集，那时候当时馆长注意到馆藏中世纪画作开始迅速损坏。

But the governor of New York, a rising star named Franklin Roosevelt, refused to wait.

但当时纽约州州长，一名叫富兰克林·罗斯福政界新星，拒绝等待。

Okay, no. Stop. It was a one-time purchase.

够了，我不要！请停止。当时只是一次性购买而已。

The sun was considerably less bright back then.

当时太阳没现在这么亮。

This groggy and tired state is known as " sleep inertia" , and its strength is related to which sleep stage you are waking up out of.

此种疲惫状态为“惰性睡眠”，惰性强度与当时所处睡眠阶段有关。

This was the deadly disease of its day.

霍乱在当时是最致命疾病。

A foolish young man I was then, full of ridiculous ideas about good and evil.

我当时还是一个傻乎乎小伙子，对善恶是非有着一套荒唐想法。

Already famous by that time, Swift would become immortalized with this last great work.

当时已经成名他，因为最后这本巨著而得以名垂不朽。

The officials here were typical bureaucrats of their time.

这里官员都是当时典型官僚（大小官员都很平凡）。

It's just the status of the job market at the moment.

这只是当时工作市场状况所致。

Downtown streets were clogged with hoards of shoppers headed to the big department stores.

当时费城市中心街道被大量前往大型百货商店购物者堵得水泄不通。