曾几何时

For years, it pottered along, weighed down bythe regulations that made up the licence raj, producing only a feeble"Hindu" rate of growth.

曾几何时，它在无效的忙碌，因许可证制度而不胜重负，以缓慢的&印度式经济增长率&而备受讥讽。

How many times we rambled around in the rain, didn't feel cold even our clothes were drenched.

曾几何时，我们一起在雨中漫步，衣服湿了也不觉得冷

Up till then we had resisted the idea of regimenting our young people.

曾几何时，我们还在反对把年轻人组织起来训练。

At one moment you find Swift using Gulliver to satirize the Lilliputians and not before long Gulliver himself is satirized.

在同一时刻，你发现，迅速用格列佛，讽刺lilliputians不是曾几何时格列佛自己是讥。

That you should know my heart, look into it, finding there the memory and experience that belong to you, that are you, is a comfort to me now as I feel the tethers loose and the prospects darken for the continuance of a journey that began not so long ago, and which began again with a faith shakened and strengthened by your convictions, if not for which I might never have been so strong now.

能找到的所有记忆和往事都属于你，只属于你。旅途没有开始多久却变得如此黑暗和前途不明，而你对我来说却是一种安慰，使我现在如此的放松和欣慰。曾几何时，你的信念是那样的支持着我。如果不是这样，我绝不会像现在一样如此的强大。

Once upon a time, people乱砍乱伐, so that the ecological balance of nature was vandalized.

曾几何时，人们乱砍乱伐，使大自然的生态平衡遭到了破坏。

Young guys used to be proud of having a pair of bell-bottomed pants in 1980s, nowadays, Gucci , Prada, Chanel, is acting that role, we have not imported streaking so far .

曾几何时，年轻人会为拥有一条喇叭裤而牛 X ，现在古琦，普拉达，夏柰尔已经到处可见。还好，我们暂时尚未引进&裸奔&。

Since when, another hen started sitting in chicken coop as well.

曾几何时，另一只母鸡也在鸡舍就地抱蛋。

Once upon a time, our country has experienced many vicissitudes, she has become a place of imperialism dumping opium become warlord of the battlefield, became the imperialist carve up the world's casinos.

曾几何时，我们的祖国饱经沧桑，她成了帝国主义倾销鸦片的场所，成了军阀混战的战场，成了帝国主义瓜分世界的赌场。

The prospects of near-record paydays so soon after the financial services industry appeared to be heading for collapse without government aid has ignited a public furore, emboldened politicians and agonised top bank executives, who concede that this year's compensation plans will leave critics outraged and employees underwhelmed.

曾几何时，金融服务业若得不到政府救助貌似就会崩塌，而接近记录的薪酬却来得如此之快，这已经点燃了公众的怒火，政治家们变得更为咄咄逼人，银行高管们则备感苦恼。银行高管们坦言，今年的薪酬计划将令批评人士感到愤怒，雇员感到灰心。

She gently rebuff ed him, but agreed that they could be friends

她婉言拒绝了，但同意作为朋友相处。

If in the penal farm, you were sure to be criticized.

要是在劳改农场，你等着挨绳子吧！