There was once a time when I had no fear.

我曾有过不知害怕的时光。

There was once a time when everything that was manageable could also be physically touched.

曾几何时一切都可管理还是物理上可实现的。

There was once a time when I also deemed that we began to lose our direction and become numb without too much affection in this material-flooding world.

曾经，我也这样认为，认为在这样物欲的城市，开始迷失心的方向，变的麻木，变得没有太多情感。

COBOL would be Ancient Paganism - There was once a time when it ruled over a vast region and was important, but nowadays it's almost dead, for the good of us all.

COBOL是古老的异教——一度非常重要，统治了大片领土，如今却几乎消逝，对我们大家都有益。

Once upon a time there was a princess...

从前有一位公主…

Traditional stories make use of formulaic expressions like 'Once upon a time...'.

传统故事采用“从前…”一类的套语。

Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess.

从前，有一位美丽的公主。

Pinocchio did not answer, but sighed deeply once--twice--a third time.

皮诺乔没有回答，只是深深地叹了一口气——叹了第二口气——叹了第三口气。

There was once upon a time a queen to whom God had given no children.

从前有一位王后，上帝没有给她孩子。

There were once upon a time three sisters, quite transparent, and very beautiful.

从前有三姐妹，非常透明，非常美丽。

Once upon a time there was a little boy who had taken cold.

从前，有一个患了感冒的小男孩。

Once upon a time, there lived a teacher In a small town.

从前，在一个小镇上住着一位老师。

Once upon a time, a wealthy old man lived alone in a big house.

从前，一位富有的老人独自住在一所大房子里。

Once upon a time, in a beautiful mountain inn, there was a greedy old innkeeper who was always thinking about money.

从前，在一个美丽的山间客栈里，有一个贪婪的老店主，他总是想着赚钱。

Once in time there was a palace.

曾经这有一座宫殿。

Once upon a time, there was a king.

从前，有一位国王。

Once upon a time, there lived a kind king.

从前，有一位善良的国王。

Once upon a time there lived a king called Minos.

从前，有一位名叫米诺斯的国王。

Once upon a time there was a piece of wood.

从前有一块木头。

Once upon a time, in the forest there lived a baby elephant, who had no friends.

从前，在森林里住着一只小象，它没有朋友。

Once upon a time there was a wicked sprite, indeed he was the most mischievous of all sprites.

从前有一个邪恶的精灵，他是所有精灵中最淘气的一个。

The man reading the Times at the bus stop remarks on a story that begins with the words "Once upon a time", the classic opening for fairy tales in English.

在汽车站旁读《泰晤士报》的一位男士正评论一条新闻，该新闻以“从前啊”几个字开头，这是英语童话故事的典型开头。

Once upon a time, they weren't even boxes.

很久以前，它们甚至都不是盒子。

Once upon a time there were three little pigs.

从前，有三只小猪。

Once upon a time, they actually were thinking about knocking it down.

从前，他们确实是在考虑拆除它。

Once upon a time, if you hated your job, you either quit or bit your lip.

曾几何时，如果你讨厌你的工作，你要么辞职，要么咬紧牙关坚持。

Once upon a time, people who lived alone tended to be those on either side of marriage—twentysomething professionals or widowed senior citizens.

曾几何时，独自生活的人往往是婚姻中的任意一方——或是包括20多岁的专业人士，或是丧偶的老年人。

Once upon a time, there was a simple answer.

从前，有过一个十分简单的答案。