| 1. | A pound today buys much less than it did a year ago . |
| 今天一英镑远远买不到一年前能买的那么多东西。
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| 2. | How long ago is it that you last saw her? |
| 你上一次看见她是多久以前的事？
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| 3. | It was seven years ago that my brother died. |
| 我哥哥是七年前死的。
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| 4. | The earth was formed aeons ago . |
| 地球形成于亿万年前。
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| 5. | It happened a few minutes ago . |
| 那是几分钟以前发生的事。
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| 6. | It happened around 10 years ago . |
| 那是大约在十年前发生的事。
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| 7. | Time and weather had long ago effaced the inscription on the monument. |
| 岁月和风雨早已磨掉纪念碑上的铭文。
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| 8. | Look at the time! We should have been at the theatre ten minutes ago . |
| 瞧都什么时侯了! 十分钟前我们就该到戏院了.
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| 9. | Her first novel was published three years ago and since then she hasn't looked back. |
| 她的第一部小说是三年前发表的,从此一帆风顺。
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| 10. | He would have sold the property long ago had it not been entailed. |
| 这些财产若非限定继承的话,他早就卖掉了。
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