从前

However, unaware of such an opportunity my only plan was to get mys elf gold-plated with a North American MBA and then come back to China digging my gold.

但是，由于不知道这样的机会存在，我从前唯一的计划只是去北美拿一个镀金的MBA然后回中国来掘金。

We are less confident than in the good old days.

我们不像从前好日子里那么自信了。

You know how that old children's story goes, when an acorn (or an apple--depending on the version you read) falls on her head she thinks the sky is falling. And as she encounters her friends, Henny Penny, Cocky Locky and Goosey Poosy, she is so convincing that they each stop what they are doing and get caught up in the mass hysteria of it all.

你是知道的，那个古老的儿童故事的内容：从前，有一个橡子(或苹果--根据你的读物)掉在了她的头上，当她遇到了自己的朋友Henny Penny，Cocky，Locky还有Goosey Poosy，她显得深信无疑，至于她的朋友们都停下在做的事情，都染上了集体歇斯底里。

Because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel

西1：5 是为那给你们存在天上的盼望。这盼望就是你们从前在福音真理的道上所听见的。

Before in the word of the truth of the gospel

是因那给你们存在诸天之上的盼望，就是你们从前在福音真理的话上所听见的

Because of the hope laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel.

西1：5 是因那给你们存在诸天之上的盼望，就是你们从前在福音真理的话上所听见的。

Because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel

是为那给你们存在天上的盼望；这盼望就是你们从前在福音真理的道上所听见的。

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel

西1：5 是为那给你们存在天上的盼望。这盼望就是你们从前在福音真理的道上所听见的。

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof all of you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel

005 是为那给你们存在天上的盼望；这盼望就是你们从前在福音真理的道上所听见的。

Because of the hope laid up for you in the heavens, of which you have heard in the word of the truth of the gospel.

是因那给你们存在诸天之上的盼望，就是你们从前在福音真理的话上所听见的。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。