1.
Bell-Bottom trousers prevailed for a time, But Before long they were out of fashion.
曾几何时，喇叭裤，盛行一时。
2.
There was a time when talking about the weather was a safe topic of conversation.
曾几何时，天气是一个安全的谈论话题。
3.
In the days when I rang her bell, and she rang mine...
曾几何时我按响她的门铃，她按响我的……
4.
The gang was on the rampage for a time, but before long it was completely overthrown.
猖獗一时的匪帮，曾几何时， 遭到了彻底覆灭。
5.
But, in no time at all, this one had become colossal and colorful.
曾几何时，适才看见的一个已经着色放大了。
6.
During those transient days, we thought we loved him/ her deeply.
曾几何时，在一段短暂的时光里，我们以为自己深深的爱着的一个人。
7.
The counter-revolutionary gang was on the rampage for a time, but before long it was completely overthrown.
猖獗一时的反革命匪帮，曾几何时，遭到了彻底覆灭。
8.
One house used to be a sign of status; now only two will do.
曾几何时，拥有一套房子是一种地位的象征，但如今，要有两套才行。
9.
You've made the right decision for your' family,' but there was a time when I was your only family.
你为你的「庭」了正确的决定,可是曾几何时,我还是你唯一的家人.
10.
It was once labelled a cultural desert because of its dearth ofcultural and artistic activities.
曾几何时，这里因为缺乏文化和艺术活动，被称为文化沙漠。
11.
Once upon a time, that job was generally agreed to be to make people better off.
曾几何时，大家都相信“满意的答卷”就是让人们生活更加富裕。
12.
Once Europeans piled onto ships and sailed hopefully to America.
曾几何时，整船整船的欧洲人带着满心的希望地驶向美洲这片乐土。
13.
Soon they became bowed and grey and slow and sullen.
曾几何时，他们就变得弯腰如弓，动作迟缓，终日闷闷不乐了。
14.
What might have once been the Power of music was, after all, the power of marketing.
曾几何时或许可谓音乐的力量毕竟不过是市场营销的力量罢了。
15.
But many other mobile technologies inspired high hopes and then failed to live up to expectations.
但是曾几何时多少移动技术在被寄予厚望之后辜负了大家。
16.
In the past, Singapore had once disregarded the importance of Chinese language, but recently the government had changed its educational policy toward language.
曾几何时，新加坡曾经放弃华语的重要性，但后来政府改变了有关的教育政策。
17.
Our moms taught us how to dress for school, but now it's up to us to decide how we dress for the office and work-related meetings.
曾几何时，妈妈教我们穿什么衣服上学，现在该我们自己决定上班或参加专业会议时如何着装了。
18.
Once, the most unusual thing you might find inside a chocolate was a gooey maraschino cherry.
曾几何时，你能在巧克力里一口咬到一个粘粘的甜樱桃，就已经是十分特别的口味了。