Two years ago,European researchers reported that aspirin may have what they called a "long-term protective effect against colorectal cancer."

VOA: special.2010.12.14

Well, you know, it goes back to the beginning of the formation of the personal computer industry, which--that sounds like a long time ago.

嗯，你知道，这要追溯到,个人电脑产业的形成初期，听起来相当久远了。

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

and I think that because... from a long time ago there were, it was just a very diverse city.

而且很久前，这里就是个多元性的城市。

移民者的都市 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

And they walk on rough,rocky paths, many of which follow old railroad tracks and roads used by loggers long ago.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

And then the most surprising thing of all was a study done not long ago, published in 1997 of registered dieticians.

不久前的实验中,让人惊奇的事发生了,在1997年由注册营养学家发表

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

He described how the story of his family began long ago in Africa when slave traders captured one of his ancestors.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

I was with some friends of my mother long ago, and I remember looking at that and just thinking.

我是和我母亲以前的朋友们一起,我记得自己看着它沉思

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

"Auld Lang Syne," by the eighteenth century Scottish poet Robert Burns, is a song about friends and remembering times long ago.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

The attack began not all that long ago, really only as late as the seventeenth century.

攻击并未太慢开始，早在十七世纪就开始了。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Mr.Hawass is often described as a colorful leader who has brought Egypt's long-ago past to the attention of the world.

VOA: special.2011.03.08

So I gave you some numbers I made up actually a long time ago, but since I've been using this game in class, somebody went out and checked.

我列举的数字都是我很久前编出来的,在我需要在课上引用数字的时候就有了,有人还为此做了调查

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Its long history almost came to an end two years ago when a major fire burned its South Hall building.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

This is another example, not so long ago--this is December 2003.

这是03年12月的图,也不算太久之前

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

This idea developed long ago in British common law to define the responsibility of teachers toward their students.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

Now that everything is did not live), it all seems a long time ago, though practically I still bear traces of the paint." Again, that parenthetical elides the death of the child.

这是莫娜的信：“现在一切都结束了,太可惜了，没能活下来！），一切似乎已经遥远，尽管自己至今,还在脸上留着残妆，“又一次的，这则附言草草提及孩子的死。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Signs on some of the houses say they were built as long ago as the seventeenth century.

VOA: special.2011.07.25

Now in the course of this, a student asked a very good question that I should have pointed out a long time ago, and that is: when an orchestra plays or an ensemble plays and they're looking at their music and they're reading their music, do they play a chord?

在这期间，我本该早就提起的，由一个学生提出的非常好的问题是，当管弦乐队演奏或合奏团演出时,他们各个盯着并读自己的那部分乐谱，他们奏出和弦了吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Mister Jonson knew long ago that the works of Shakespeare would hold their magic through the ages.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

Well, it's a long time ago but it was elementary school, you know, maybe 3rd grade, 4th grade,

那是很久以前的事情了，应该是小学时候吧，那大概是三年级或者四年级，

美国的博物馆教育 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Two of his names -- Santa Claus and Saint Nicholas -- both come from the Dutch who settled in New York long ago.

VOA: special.2009.12.20

- So what we're seeing is this is notes from 1902 -- he actually didn't publish any of this work or these ideas that led to Lewis structures until 1916, but his early class notes were used as evidence about how long ago he actually came up with the idea of it.

我们看到的这是，1902，年的讲义-,实际上他直到1916年才发表这些工作或者想法,后来发展成为了路易斯结构，但他早年上课的讲义却成为了他在多久之前,就产生了这个想法的证据。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

The horse still shows some of the colors the artist created so long ago: red,black and yellow.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

That happened not too long ago, but it was just a really fantastic display of all his work.

那是不久前的事情，但它真的极好地展示了他所有的作品。

印象深刻的展示会 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Long ago,King Charles the Second of England added the colony's coat of arms to his shield.

VOA: special.2011.01.23

so for about six, oh, no, it was nine hours a day, it's a long time ago.

每天要上六个，噢，不是，是九个小时的课，这都是很久以前的事情了。

纽约的人们 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It's easy to imagine those long-ago days of cowboys and Indians, and the spirit of adventure that led travelers to ride the stagecoach west.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

So I did teach English in a foreign country, in Greece for a year, a long time ago.

那么我在外国教过英语，在希腊教了一年，那是在很久以前了。

在公园相遇的老师 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Ancient Greek myths told of a time long ago when people lived in peace and happiness.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

In more recent times, I have seen... it's a long time ago, but I've seen concerts there.

最近，我看了……那是挺久前的事情了，我在那儿看了演唱会。

精彩音乐会 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

that's a long time ago, more than... well, about a hundred years, but I think,

那是很久以前，多过……嗯，差不多一百年了，但是我觉得，

以爱因斯坦为榜样 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人