In contrast with expectations, we find, on looking back, that we have been on an economic decline for three decades.

期望与事实相违，回首前尘，可以发现我们正处于三十年的经济衰退中。

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Looking back on it now, I realized that I must have imagined the whole thing.

现在回想起来，我意识到这整个事情一定是我幻想出来的。

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Looking back on too many years of education, I can identify one truly impossible teacher.

回顾多年的教育经历，我只能找出一个真正难以对付的老师。

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Kyle says,"I met a lot of artists, greats like Dizzy Gillespie and Sarah Vaughan, and looking back on that, I can see how much the musicians I met there influenced my career."

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They would make him lie on his back looking up at the racing clouds while they tortured him in ways he could actually take.

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That 2008 annual report from Netflix seems almost charming looking back on it now.

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Usually, looking back on some important recent historical event, some kind of master narrative emerges about why things happened.

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