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.

在过去的十几年里，美国那些曾经可以依靠辛勤劳动和公平条件维持入的产阶层家庭的生活被经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在的时候，哈利曾经来过这里。

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.

换言之，在工人阶级完全转变了国家的政治观念，为曾经使美国之所以成为美国的机会正在消失而灰心的时候，有个显而易见的解决之道就在眼前。

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

我曾经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!

他曾经招待过我。- 太棒了！

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

密室以前曾经打开过？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，美国曾经被称为“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。

Auckland was the capital of New Zealand for some time.

奥克兰曾经是新西兰的首都。

The flower had once seen a caravan passing.

花曾经看见一支商队走过。

James Ferguson was a poor Scotch shepherd boy.

詹姆斯.弗格森曾经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。我曾经也有过这些担忧。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.

我曾经得过肺炎。

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。我们曾经报道过，朝鲜和韩国之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.

谁也不知道她曾经看到过多么美丽的东西。

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

曾经平坦的牧场现在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.

我们曾经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.

我记得我们曾经要读长篇文章。

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

在10秒钟内，曾经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.

狼曾经是在人类之外分布最广的陆地哺乳动物。

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

爸爸曾经把我举在他的肩头上带我去河边。