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41. 人们从前在城镇四周筑坚固城墙以防御敌人。

    rén​men cóng​qián zài chéng​zhèn sì​zhōu zhù jiān​gù chéng qiáng yǐ fáng​yù dí​rén.

    People used to build strong walls round their towns as a defense against enemies.

    Source: UM-Corpus: Education

42. 她母亲从前把自己所花的每一分钱都记下来。

    tā mǔ​qīn cóng​qián bǎ zì​jǐ suǒ huā de měi yī fēn​qián dōu jì xià lái.

    Her mother used to keep track of every penny she spent.

    Source: UM-Corpus: Spoken

43. 从前，一个老人和他的三个儿子住在一个村庄里。

    cóng​qián, yī​ge lǎo​rén hé tā de sān​ge ér​zi zhù zài yī​ge cūn​zhuāng li.

    Once upon a time, an old man lived with his three sons in a village.

    Source: CCMatrix

44. 从前，有个人把自己的车涂成了一半白色、一半黑色。

    cóng​qián, yǒu ge rén bǎ zì​jǐ de chē tú chéng le yī​bàn bái​sè, yī​bàn hēi​sè.

    Once upon a time a man painted half his car white and the other half black.

    Source: CCMatrix

45. 你可能会注意到你的视觉和听觉不如从前那么敏锐了。

    nǐ kě​néng huì zhù​yì dào nǐ de shì​jué hé tīng​jué bù​rú cóng​qián nà​me mǐn​ruì le.

    You may notice that your vision and hearing aren’t quite as sharp as they once were.

    Source: CCMatrix

46. 从前有一个盲女，她一无所有，然而她有一位男朋友深爱着她。

    cóng​qián yǒu yī​ge máng​nǚ, tā yī​wú​suǒ​yǒu, rán'ér tā yǒu yī wèi nán​péng​you shēn'ài zhe tā.

    There was once a blind girl who had nothing in her life except for a loving boyfriend.

    Source: CCMatrix

47. 从前，在埃及街旁的一所房子里，居住着一只几乎完全用瓷料制成的兔子。

    cóng​qián, zài āi​jí jiē páng de yī suǒ fáng​zi li, jū​zhù zhe yī zhī jī​hū wán​quán yòng cí liào zhì chéng de tù​zi.

    Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a rabbit who was made almost entirely of china.

    Source: CCMatrix