It has destroyed jobs quickly, but not long ago it was also creating them in unprecedented Numbers.

它能迅速的减少工作岗位，但不久后也会以前所未有的数量创造工作岗位。

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It's hard to believe now, but not long ago economists were congratulating themselves over the success of their field.

现在说起来真叫人难以置信，但就是不久前，经济学家们还在为他们领域里取得的成就自行庆功摆好。

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Computers were invented not long ago, but they are very useful for us.

电脑发明的历史虽然不长，但它们对我们却很有用。

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Fabricio Cimino wrote: Not long ago I wanted to watch TV, but it wouldn't turn on, so I did everything I could to start it.

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That happened not too long ago, but it was just a really fantastic display of all his work.

那是不久前的事情，但它真的极好地展示了他所有的作品。

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Well, for a thing called main which itself is a function but a function I wrote, a tool I am writing at the moment not like printf which someone else wrote long ago, I have to say where does main start, where does main end, and I do that by using these curly braces.

至于这个名曰main的函数,由我们自己写的函数，也是一个工具,只不过由我们自己编写，而不是像printf那样已经由前人写好了,我们必须要说明main在哪开始，在哪结束，这样我们就要用到大括号了。

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But not long ago, that rock 'n' roll empire was in danger of crumbling.

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It has destroyed jobs quickly, but not long ago it was also creating them in unprecedented numbers.

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But not long ago, Murray paired with the former champion Ivan Lendl as a coach, and he has become a more aggressive player, as he was today, jumping on Federer's serve and pushing him around the court.

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