Writing letters seems to be a thing of the past.

写信好像已是昔日的事情了。

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When people have these cars in the future, a petrol station may be a thing of the past.

如果人们在未来能够拥有这些汽车，加油站可能会成为历史。

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Saving money is becoming a thing of the past.

存钱正在成为过去时。

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He's not against the radio telescope surveys that have been the mainstay of SETI for the past 50 years, but he says maybe we're looking for the wrong thing.

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They thought bank runs were a thing of the past.

他们还以为银行挤兑是过去才发生的事儿

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We could really I think make large scale of extreme poverty the thing in the past.

我认为，我们一定会让大规模,极度贫困成为往事。

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With the invention of indoor plumbing, outhouses have mostly become a thing of the past.

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But elsewhere the death penalty was "becoming a thing of the past, " secretary-general Salil Shetty said.

BBC: Death penalty 'becoming thing of the past', says Amnesty

Putting a router in your living room could become a thing of the past.

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