跟许多故事一样，此书也是从很久很久以前的一座城堡讲起。

Like many stories, this one starts long, long ago, with a castle.

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但7月份时，消费者信心指数还在增长的，可惜现在看来，这已经是很久很久以前的事了。

As recently as July, consumer confidence was growing, but those days now seem long ago.

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我想你已经把她忘记了，因为这是很久很久以前的事了。” 校长的名叫劳拉·戴克，娘家姓莱特。

The principal’s name was Laura Dake—nee Wright.

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We've known since antiquity that you could take gold, and you can hammer to very, very thin foil.

我们已经知道很久以前，人们就能用锤子把金敲成非常非常薄的箔片。

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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。

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Again we still think in terms of the basic concepts and categories ? that were created for us long ago. Okay?

但是，我们仍要思考一些基础的,概念和类别，其在很久以前,就已为我们所创建了，好吗？

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