1、long long ago
英[lɔŋ lɔŋ əˈɡəu] 美[lɔŋ lɔŋ əˈɡo]
[词典] 很久很久以前;
[例句]Long long ago, there were four great inventions.
很久很久以前，就有了四大发明。
2、a long time ago
英[ə lɔŋ taim əˈɡəu] 美[e lɔŋ taɪm əˈɡo]
adv. 很久以前; 悠远;
[例句]He must have started writing his book a long time ago.
他一定很久以前就开始写这本书了。
3、long time ago
英[lɔŋ taim əˈɡəu] 美[lɔŋ taɪm əˈɡo]
adv. 很久以前;
[例句]
In my neighbourhood, the local crack dealers would have taken him out a long time ago.
我们这片的本地毒贩早就想废了他了。
4、once upon a time
英[wʌns əˈpɔn ə taim] 美[wʌns əˈpɑn e taɪm]
[词典] 从前;
[例句]Once upon a time, there lived an old man who had two beautiful daughters.
从前，有一个老人，他有两个美丽的女儿。
5、long long time ago
网络 很久很久以前; 潘神的迷宫;
[例句]In fact this process of aging, started long long time ago, from when I just grew up to a young girl, at age18?
而我的衰老，从很早的时候就已经开始了，在我还刚刚成长为少女的时候。十八岁？
最老土的：long long time ago，there is
once upon a time，there is
最直白的：this is story is about 。。。
故弄玄虚：did you know that、。，，，
下面都是名家写的故事的开头，你看看吧
“’Where’s Papa going with that ax?’ said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.”
(Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White)夏洛特的网的开头
“Spring had passed
So had Summer
Freddie, the leaf, had grown large.”
(The Fall of Freddie the Leaf by Leo Buscaglia)
“It was a beautiful sunny day on a farm in the northern hills of the country we now know as Italy.”
(Big Anthony-His Story by Tomie dePaola)
“Mr. Keene was a principal who loved his school.”
(A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech)
“Grace was a girl who loved stories.”
(Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman)
“That’s a nice hat,” said Chicken to Scarecrow.
(The Scarecrow’s Hat by Ken Brown)
“We were all sitting around the big kitchen table. It was Saturday morning.”
(Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett)
“I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there’s gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running and I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.”
(Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst)
“It isn’t fair that my brother Anthony has two dollars and three quarters and one dime and seven nickels and eighteen pennies.”
(Alexander, Who Use to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst)
