It actually started a couple of years ago with the first film adapted from the wildly popular Twilight romance novels written by Stephanie Meyer.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

Notably, we saw Hurricane Katrina that caused huge property damage in--a couple of years ago-- that, kind of, tested insurance companies again.

尤其是卡特里娜飓风,在几年前它导致了巨大的财产损失,这又是一个对保险公司的考验

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

He was on The Bachelor before like a couple of years ago.

两年前，他在这个节目上出现过。

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How long can she keep it a secret,anyway? Jennifer Lopez gave birth to twins a couple of years ago and drew on her own experiences to play Zoe.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

Here is one I remember. A couple of years ago there was a clothing store called TJ Maxx.

这里我想到一个例子,几年前,有一家服饰店叫TJ Maxx

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

One man in Australia a couple of years ago was under the delusion that his father was replaced with a robot and cut off his head.

几年前一名澳大利亚人由于幻想他的父亲,变成了机器人而将他父亲的头砍了下来

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a sport that was started, couple of hundred years ago now, I believe,

我相信那项运动有几百年历史了，

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