从前

And then he thought, also , without knowing why, and with the mechanical persistence of revery, of a

同时他不知道为什么，会带着梦想中那种机械的顽固性，想到他从前在监狱里认识他一个叫布莱卫的囚犯，那人的裤子只用一根棉织的背带吊

When, however, Ustinov is asked if he minds being saddled with the dread tag of "Renaissance Man", he is as ready as ever with a sharp riposte-"I didn't think I was as old as that!"

但是，当有人问他是不是不喜欢套上"多才多艺的人"这样一个令人敬畏的招牌时，他像往常一样立即机敏地答道："我从前可没想到自己有那么的古老。"

There used to be a tree on the roadside and he would sit under the tree for hours.

从前路边有棵树，他总是在树下一坐就是几个小时。

The retreat of Rocca Bianca was at the top of a small mountain, which no doubt in former days had been a volcano--an extinct volcano before the days when Remus and romulus had deserted Alba to come and found the city of Rome

比卡山凹是在一座小山的山顶上，在从前这儿无疑的是一座火山，一座在雷默斯和罗默罗斯逃出阿尔伯，来建筑起罗马城以前就熄灭了的火山。

Long ago, people believed that rock crystal was a compact form of ice: crystallos actually means "frozen."

从前， 人们相信，岩石水晶是冰的一个紧凑形式： crystallos 实际上意味"结冰。"

There was a pumpkin who wanted to roller blade. He became overjoyed with the idea of roller blading! He told all his friends about his idea.

从前，有个笨人想学滑旱冰，为此他兴奋不已，他把这个想法告诉了所有的朋友。

A little rosebush which she had, had dried up, forgotten, in one corner

她从前养的那棵小玫瑰花，已在屋角里枯萎了，没有人再想到它。

What was this parchment-skinned professor with the quiet voice and the gentle manners doing among a lot of roughneck Communists and former feudal serfs?

这位皮肤白皙、细声细气、举止文雅的教授，干吗要跑到这群粗犷的共产党人和从前的封建农奴当中来呢？

Tikki Tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruche pipprti pembo was the first son of a woman who gave her first-born a very long name, and her second son, the short name of Chang.One day, Change falls into the well. Tikki Tikki Tembo runs to his mother for help.

从前，有一位妈妈，生了两个小孩，她给予第一个小孩一个很长很长的名字，叫" Tikki Tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruche pipprti pembo"，表示很珍贵的意思，而第二个儿子却是很短的名字，叫"Chang"。

Look to the rue anemone, if you will,or the pea patch, or to the stubborn weed that thrusts its shoulders through a city street. This is how it was ,is now, and ever shall be, the world without end.

去看看白头翁花，如果你愿意，再去看看豌豆，或是那倔强地手臂伸过城市街道的野花，它们从前是这样，现在是这样，将来还会是这样，这是个永不停息的世界。

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。