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221. 100年前人们对人类能飞起来这个观点嗤之以鼻。

     100 nián​qián rén​men duì rén​lèi néng fēi qǐ lai zhè​ge guān​diǎn chī​zhī​yǐ​bí.

     A hundred years ago people scoffed at the idea that man would ever fly.

     Source: UM-Corpus: Science

222. 7年前，这家人从莫斯科迁到了乡下的一个村子里。

     7 nián​qián, zhè jiā​rén cóng mò​sī​kē qiān dào le xiāng​xia de yī​ge cūn​zi li.

     7 years ago, the family moved from Moscow to a village in the countryside.

     Source: CCMatrix

223. 十年前，加拿大所有付款有一半是用现金完成的。

     shí nián​qián, jiā​ná​dà suǒ​yǒu fù kuǎn yǒu yī​bàn shì yòng xiàn​jīn wán chéng de.

     A decade ago, half of all payments in Canada were made in cash.

     Source: CCMatrix

224. 直到几十年前，研究人员还认为月球是完全干燥的。

     zhí​dào jǐ​shí nián​qián, yán​jiū​rén​yuán hái rèn​wéi yuè​qiú shì wán​quán gān​zào de.

     Until a few decades ago, researchers believed the moon was completely dry.

     Source: CCMatrix

225. 他们意识到这与他们将近三年前标记的鲨鱼相同。

     tā​men yì​shi dào zhè yǔ tā​men jiāng​jìn sān nián​qián biāo​jì de shā​yú xiāng​tóng.

     They realized it was the same shark they had tagged nearly three years ago.

     Source: CCMatrix

226. 他几年前在德克萨斯州为前雇主开设了新的办公室。

     tā jǐ nián​qián zài dé​kè​sà​sī​zhōu wèi qián gù​zhǔ kāi​shè le xīn de bàn​gōng​shì.

     He opened a new office in Texas a few years ago for his former employer.

     Source: CCMatrix

227. 我不能跟他们谈20年前的球员，甚至10年前的球员都不行。

     wǒ bù​néng gēn tā​men tán20 nián​qián de qiú​yuán, shèn​zhì10 nián​qián de qiú​yuán dōu bù​xíng.

     I can't talk to them about players from 20 years ago, even from 10 years ago.

     Source: CCMatrix

228. 一千多年前，中国成为了世界上第一个使用纸币的国家。

     yī qiān duō nián​qián, zhōng​guó chéng​wéi le shì​jiè​shang dì yī ge shǐ​yòng zhǐ​bì de guó​jiā.

     Over a thousand years ago, China became the first country in the world to use paper money.

     Source: CCMatrix

229. 我记得父母聊起他们的蜜月，仿佛那是一千年前的事了。

     wǒ jì de fù​mǔ liáo qǐ tā​men de mì​yuè, fǎng​fú nà shì yī qiān nián​qián de shì le.

     I remember my parents talking about their honeymoon as if it were a thousand years ago.

     Source: CCMatrix

230. 我们认为所有这些都是理所当然的，但十年前它们并不存在。

     wǒ​men rèn​wéi suǒ​yǒu zhè​xiē dōu shì lǐ​suǒ​dāng​rán de, dàn shí nián​qián tā​men bìng​bù cún​zài.

     We take all these things for granted, but they didn’t exist ten years ago.

     Source: CCMatrix

231. 停在拖车周围的汽车和卡车大多是几十年前的，未油漆和凹陷。

     tíng zài tuō​chē zhōu​wéi de qì​chē hé kǎ​chē dà​duō shì jǐ​shí nián​qián de, wèi yóu​qī hé āo​xiàn.

     Most of the cars and trucks parked around the trailers were decades old, unpainted and dented.

     Source: CCMatrix

232. 我父亲去世两年前，给了我一个小手提箱，里面装满了他的手稿和笔记本。

     wǒ fù​qīn qù​shì liǎng nián​qián, gěi le wǒ yī​ge xiǎo shǒu​tí​xiāng, lǐ​miàn zhuāng mǎn le tā de shǒu​gǎo hé bǐ​jì​běn.

     Two years before my father died, he gave me a small suitcase filled with his manuscripts and notebooks.

     Source: CCMatrix

233. 我至今还记得几十年前与陌生人随意交谈的情形，记得他们是如何对我产生影响的。

     wǒ zhì​jīn hái jì de jǐ​shí nián​qián yǔ mò​shēng​rén suí​yì jiāo​tán de qíng​xing, jì de tā​men shì rú​hé duì wǒ chǎn​shēng yǐng​xiǎng de.

     I still remember random conversations with strangers from decades ago, and how they shaped me.

     Source: UM-Corpus: News