过去是

I used to be a waiter, but now I'm a taxi-driver.

我过去是一个服务员，但现在我是出租车司机。

I used to be a waiter, but now Im a taxi-driver.

我过去是个侍者，但现在我是出租汽车司机。

I used to be a worker, but now a taxi-driver.

我过去是工人，现在是出租车司机。

You used to go to school without breakfast, did you?

你过去是不吃早饭去学校，是吗？

This point is on the tropic of Capricorn , which is the most southerly latitude（纬度,经度是longitude） reached by the sun, here the sun will be at the zenith each year on midsummer day.

让我们回到上世纪60年代，理查德·奥巴瑞(RichardO'Barry)的名字就海豚的训练领域来说，算得上是全世界最有影响力的权威人士，他曾经以演员和训兽师的身份活跃在非常受欢迎的电视节目《海豚的故事》的拍摄现场……如今已经过去40多年的时间了，奥巴瑞却仍然保持着自己对海豚那异于常人的支配能力，通过驯兽师与海豚之间的合作表演，来赢得电视观众心满意足的笑声。

Over the years, I joined various associations for the improvement of this and that; I belonged to several different religious groups, and left one for another; and I hopefully read the literature of the extreme left, only to find that their organization is as tyrannically authoritarian as the church.

我的过去是什么？实际上什么都不是。既没有大恶，也没有强烈的野心，既没有无法承受的悲哀，也没有可耻的暴力。

The capital of England is London. In the past it was Winchester.

英国现在的首都是伦敦，过去是温切斯特。

Physical modelling in geotechnics : proceedings of the international conference on physical modelling in geotechnics, 2002

岩土力学中的物理模型：2002年岩土力学中的物理模型国际会议录。毋庸置疑，种族主义过去是、现在仍然是我国国内根本问题之一

Money comes from several decades of life, and now with his body, he does not want his children think he is too overexert the past.

几十年都是靠稿费生活，现在他的身体有了问题，他不希望他的孩子认为他过去是太逞强了。

For many famous artists and scientists, daydreams were and are a main source of creative energy.

对于许多著名的艺术家和科学家来说，白日梦过去是，现在也是一种创新能力的主要来源。

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。