Now she can speak Chinese very well, but five years ago, when she first came, she could only speak it a little.
现在她中文说得很好，但五年前她刚来时还说不了几句。
But five years ago researchers working for the WWF found okapi tracks in the wild.
但是5年之前为wwf工作的研究员在野外发现okapi的踪迹。
But five years ago, while she was studying abroad in England, she heard a song full of feelings about returning home on the radio.
但是五年前，当她在英国留学时，她在收音机里听到了一首充满感情的有关回家的歌曲。
But the word "gamification" and the widespread, conscious application of the concept only began in earnest about five years ago, Werbach says.
但 Werbach 说，“游戏化”这个词和这个概念的广泛、有意识的应用是在大约五年前才真正开始的。
His car was bought five years ago, but it looks quite new.
他的车是五年前买的，但看起来很新。
Tom's old computer ran fast five years ago, but little by little it became really slow.
汤姆的旧电脑在五年前还运行得很快，但渐渐地它变得非常慢。
For most of my career I have worked principally with individuals, but some time ago I decided to undertake five further years of specialist postgraduate training in "marital psychotherapy".
我职业生涯中的大多数时间主要都是跟个人打交道，但是一段时间以前我决定再花五年时间接受“婚姻心理疗法”的专家培训。
About five million years ago the area was a limestone plateau, but as sea levels rose the effects of surf and rain began to carve out these magnificent cliffs, along with stacks and arches.
大约五百万年以前，这个地区是一个石灰岩的高原，海平面的上升增强了冲浪和雨对石灰岩的影响，开始分割成为这些宏伟的峭壁，同时形成了堆栈和拱门。
这也只是他五年前的想法而已。
Simple agriculture, in the shape of rice, arrived in Japan only two thousand five hundred years ago, but in pots, the Japanese were very much ahead of the game.
简单农业，比如稻米的种植，二千五百年前左右才流传到日本；然而在制造陶器方面，日本的表现绝对是全世界领先了。
I know now that the man who sat with me on the old wooden stairs that hot summer night over thirty-five years ago was not a tall man. But to a five-year-old, he was a giant.
现在，我知道三十五年多前那个炎热的夏夜和我坐在旧木楼梯上的那个男人个子并不高，但是对于一个五岁的孩子来说，他就是个巨人。
Ten years ago, even five, her salary would have made buying an apartment feasible, but not now.
十年前，甚至是五年前，她的薪水本可以买一套房子，但现在不行了。
It had several great players four or five years ago, but few now.
四五年前还有几个很优秀的选手，可惜现在寥寥无几。
Five years ago the making of such a programme would have been unthinkable, but now, according to Mr Hong, people are at last beginning to realise that gays are “not aliens”.
五年前，制作这种电视节目是令人难以想象的。但现在，正如洪锡天所说，人们已经至少开始意识到，同性恋并不是“外星人”。
But despite the boycott calls, the turnout was roughly the same as when Mr Zelaya was narrowly elected ahead of Mr Lobo five years ago.
但是，尽管遭到抵制，此次大选的投票率基本上与五年前大选时持平，当时塞拉亚以微弱优势战胜洛沃获得当选。
Five years ago, I would have said success was mostly skill and effort, but in the past five years I have met countless bright hard working entrepreneurs who didn't get the right break.
五年前，我可能会说，成功主要得靠技能与努力；然而，过去五年里我接触过无数聪慧且勤奋的创业者，他们均未能突出重围。
There was another flurry five years ago, but some retreated again after facing the wrath of their private-equity clients.
五年前市场也曾出现过恐慌，不过当时，一些投资银行在面对私人股权客户的愤怒后选择了退却。
He never thought it would be that way with Mary, a sharp, ambitious businesswoman in her own right, but not long after they'd been married, five years ago, he'd started to wonder about her.
他从来没想过如果玛丽——一个聪明而雄心勃勃的成功女商人——也会这样做，但结婚五年后不久，他就开始对她感到怀疑。
Until five years ago, DDI itself rarely used panel interviews for senior promotions — but does so about half the time today, Dr. Erker says.
据厄克介绍，五年前DDI很少在高级人员提拔中使用小组面谈的方式，不过如今有一半的机会都使用这种方式。
"It's an uphill battle, but the situation is certainly better now than it was five or six years ago," he said.
他说：“这是一场艰难的战斗，但比起五六年前，情况绝对好多了。”
Five years ago only Zara, a Spanish clothes retailer, followed such a strategy, but firms such as J.C. Penney, Saks and Macy’s have since adopted it too.
五年前，只有西班牙的一家服装零售商飒拉采用这种策略，但如今像彭尼公司,萨克斯百货和梅西百货这样的公司也已开始采用这一订货方式了。
Five years ago he said that things were fine, but there was enough change he'd like be to be followed by a specialist.
五年前他说没事，但是他所希望的足够的改变发生了，接着来了一位专家。
In high-income areas, there is low inventory and it is a seller's market, but prices are still off their high point of five years ago.
在高端市场目前房源不足，所以仍属卖方市场，但价位仍比五年前的高位有所下降。
She's older than she was five years ago, but feels much younger.
她比五年前老了，却感觉更年轻了。
Five or six years ago, he notes, people worried about the spreadof camera phones. But now “everyone just presumes that everybody has a cameraon their phone—it's nothing special.”
6年前，他强调人们也担心摄像手机的传播，但现在“每个人都会假定每人的手机上都有摄像头-这并没有什么特别的。”
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, who assumed the throne of the Arabs' richest country five years ago but has run the show for longer, is reckoned to be 86.
沙特阿拉伯的国王Abdullah(阿布杜拉)据说也有86岁了，五年前登上了这个阿拉伯世界最富有国家的宝座，但当得有些太久。
FROWNED upon by feminists but fought over by five-year-olds, Barbie has been a victim of controversy as much as fashion ever since her birth, 50 years ago this month.
芭比娃娃从五十年前的本月诞生以来，受尽了所有争议和流行折磨，女性主义者讨厌她，但五岁小孩争夺她。
The yuan may well still be undervalued but our index suggests American manufacturing should have less to fear from Chinese competition than it did five years ago.
人民币币值可能仍然被低估，但是我们的指数表明，与5年前相比，美国的制造商不应该那么担心中国的竞争了。
The yuan may well still be undervalued but our index suggests American manufacturing should have less to fear from Chinese competition than it did five years ago.
人民币币值可能仍然被低估，但是我们的指数表明，与5年前相比，美国的制造商不应该那么担心中国的竞争了。
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