1. He gave up teaching only two years ago. He lives in Deleville, which is only about an hour´s ride from here.
    他住在德莱维尔,乘车去那里只需一个小时.

2. His novels had a great vogue ten years ago.
    他的小说十年前风靡一时.

3. He began his diet a week ago.
    他是一星期前开始节食的。

4. He flew to Spain a week ago.
    他是一星期以前飞到西班牙的。

5. Did you serve this gentleman half an hour ago, Caroline?
    卡罗琳，半小时前你接待过这位先生吗？

6. About 2,300 years ago, there lived in Greece a great thinker named Aristotle.
    大约两千三百年以前, 在希腊住着一位名叫亚里斯多德的伟大的思想家.

7. A long time ago the tiny country of Switzerland was ruled by Austria.
    很久以前,瑞士这个小国被奥地利统治.

8. A long time ago the tiny country of Switzerland was ruled by Austria.
    很久以前,瑞士这个小国被奥地利统治.

9. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery
    早在14世纪,英国人约翰.霍克伍德就有过非凡的发现:

10. Advertisers discovered years ago that all of us love to get something for nothing.
    做广告的人们多年前就发现我们大家都喜欢免费得到东西。