once upon a time

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 , asking a woman if she has a job was quite a straightforward question .

从前，问一位女性是否有工作是个相当简单直接的问题。

' Once upon a time , ' he began , ' there was a man who had everything . '

“很久很久以前，”他开始说道，“有这么一个人，他应有尽有。”

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。

Once upon a time , there was a man called Zheng .

从前,有一个人叫郑。

Once upon a time there was no tea at all in England ．

从前在英国根本没有茶。

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

从前,一个小镇上住着一位老师。

Once upon a time , a group of men came to a rainforest .

从前,一群人来到一片雨林。

Once upon a time , there was a tree which wanted to become a treasure box .

从前,有一棵树想成为宝箱。

Once upon a time , a young man came across a spring of clear water while crossing the desert .

从前,一个年轻人在穿越沙漠时遇到了一条清澈的泉水。

Once upon a time , a hippolived in a river next to a big tree .

从前,一只河马住在一棵大树旁的河里。

Once upon a time , there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider webs on the walls and mice running around .

从前,有一个懒惰的穷人住在一个小房子里,墙上挂着蜘蛛网,老鼠到处跑。

Once upon a time , there was a villager who lost a hatchet1 .

古时候，有个乡下人，丢失了一把斧头。

Once upon a time two peasants attempted to pass each other , and their sledges1 became entangled2 .

从前，两个农夫试图迎面而过时，他们驾的雪橇却交错在了一起。

Once upon a time , there was a bird-catcher who liked to cast1 a net to catch birds .

古时候，有个捕鸟的人，喜欢张网捕鸟。

Once upon a time , in a far away land , there was a princess … RAP BATTLE !

很久很久以前，在一个遥远的地方有传奇中的公主……饶舌大对决！

Once upon a time , 10 suns rose in the sky , scorching1 many crops and people to death .

很久很久以前，天空中有十颗太阳，土地上许多农作物和人民都被热死了。

Once upon a time there was a man who dropped a silver bowl into the sea while crossing it .

从前有一乘船渡海的人，不慎把银制的器皿掉到海里.

Once upon a time , a sea bird landed in the suburbs1 of the capital of the state of Lu .

从前，有一只海鸟飞落在鲁国国都的郊外。

Once upon a time , there was a little girl named Jenny . Jenny and her family lived on a farm .

从前有一个名叫珍妮的小女孩，她家住在农场。

Once upon a time , there was a man named Ji Shengzi who raised fighting-cocks for the king .

从前，有个叫纪渻子的人为国王驯养斗鸡。

Once upon a time there was a miser1 . He hid his gold under a tree . Every week he used to dig it up .

从前，有个守财奴将他的金块埋到一棵树下，每周他都去把他挖出来看看。

Once upon a time the sheep complained to the shepherd about the difference in his treatment of themselves and his dog " Your conduct , " said they ,

从前，有一群羊向牧羊人抱怨自己和狗受到了差别待遇。

Once upon a time , a man passing by a river noticed that a grown-up1 man was going to throw a child he carried in his arms into the river .

从前，有个人路过江边，发现一个成年男子抱着一个小孩，准备把他投到江里去。

Once upon a time , there was a young girl wearing girl wearing a strand loop around her waist , and carrying a great deal of gold with her .

古时候，有位少女，脖子上挂着宝珠，腰间佩着玉环，身上带着许多金子。

Once upon a time a man had a big house , and in the house there was a big oven1 , but this man 's family was small -- only himself and his wife .

从前，有个人拥有一幢大房子，里面有个大火炉。可他家人口很少——只有他和他的妻子。

Once upon a time , the State of Chu planned to attack the State of Song . But the Yong River was the natural barrier against its surprise attack at night .

古时候，有一次，楚国准备进攻宋国，而澭河水楚国夜间偷袭宋国的天然障碍。

Because , once upon a time ... I was like you .

因为，曾几何时我跟你一样

Once upon a time , I was a knee model .

从前，我是一个膝盖模特。

Once upon a time , I was you ,

曾几何时，我和你们一样