He joined the force twenty years ago.

他二十年前加入了警队。

The factory fell into disuse twenty years ago.

这个工厂二十年前就废弃了。

Twenty years ago singer-songwriter John Prine released his first album.

20 年前，创作型歌手约翰·普林发行了他的第一张专辑。

It's hard to believe that I wrote Number the Stars more than twenty years ago.

很难相信《数星星》是我二十多年前写下的。

Picture a typical MBA lecture theatre twenty years ago.

想象一下20年前一个典型的 MBA 大讲堂。

Twenty years ago, some barrier free facilities were built.

二十年前建成了一些无障碍设施。

Twenty years ago, a Friday night would need to be arranged in advance.

20年前，周五晚上需要预先安排。

I was told it from heaven in a dream, twenty years ago; ah, yes, I was to be pope!

二十年前，我在梦里从天上听说了这件事；啊，是的，我本可以当教皇的！

America's national symbol, the bald eagle, almost went extinct twenty years ago, but it has made a comeback.

美国的国家象征秃头鹰在20年前几乎都灭绝了，但它的数量最终有所恢复。

Ten or twenty years ago, you could buy milk in returnable, refillable glass bottles, and many people recycled voluntarily.

十几二十年前，你买到的牛奶会装在可回收、可重复灌装的玻璃瓶里，许多人也自愿做回收工作。

That was twenty years ago.

距今已有20年。

They talked about their life in Beijing twenty years ago.

他们谈到了20年前在北京的生活。

Twenty years ago Gurgaon was farmland.

20几年前，古尔冈这里还是一片农田。

He must have died twenty years ago by now.

他已经死了有20年了。

Twenty years ago?

二十年前？

Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living.

二十年前，我以开出租车为生。

Twenty years ago, the Internet made it reachable.

20年前，英特网让信息变得易接触。

Twenty years ago many of them confided as much to me.

二十年前他们之中很多人向我吐露过。

It was stolen twenty years ago when Dan was a boy of fifteen!

这是20年前丹还是一个15岁的孩子时被人偷走的！

Twenty years ago, Mr Skilling would have got just seven years.

20年前，斯基林或许只会获刑7年。

Suddenly I felt I was like the small kid over twenty years ago.

我变成二十几年前的孩子了。

Twenty years ago India had no global companies worth mentioning.

20年前，印度的跨国企业根本不值一提。

The Eliot Valley region was primarily agricultural twenty years ago.

Eliot Valley地区在二十年前基本以农业为主。

Twenty years ago, Vietnam was one of the poorest places in the world.

20年前，越南是世界上最穷的地方之一。

We know things change and, unlike twenty years ago, we plan for change.

我们知道事物在不断改变，这以二十年前不同，我们为变更作计划。

Twenty years ago, Canary Wharf was a wasteland in east London's docklands.

20年前Canary Wharf只是伦敦东区码头的一块荒地。

About twenty years ago-I wasn't much older than you are now-how old are you?

大约二十年前吧——我当时比你现在的年龄大不了多少——你多大了？