静心观海一
once upon a time：英[wʌns əˈpɒn ə taɪm] 美[wʌns əˈpɑːn ə taɪm]
[词典] （常用于儿童故事的开头） 从前，很久以前;
1、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。
2、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。
3、'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。”
扩展资料：
词汇搭配：act upon、upon that
一、act upon
读音：英 [ækt ə'pɒn]美 [ækt ə'pɑːn]
释义：按照；，对 ... 起作用。
例句：My idea is that we should act on his suggestion.
译文：我的意见是我们应当按照他的建议去办。
二、upon that
读音：英 [əˈpɒn ðæt]美 [əˈpɑːn ðæt]
释义：于是，接着。
例句：I struck upon that antique in a little shop in London.
译文：我在伦敦一家小店里偶然发现那件古物。
迪夫米米
long time ago英 [lɔŋ taim əˈɡəu] 美 [lɔŋ taɪm əˈɡo] adv.很久以前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。He made a promise to his great-grandfather? That would have been a long time ago 他曾向他的曾祖父许下承诺？那准是很久以前的事情了。
janesmonkey
long long ago的音标是：
英 [lɔŋ lɔŋ əˈɡəu] 美 [lɔŋ lɔŋ əˈɡo]
long long ago
很久很久以前
例句：
1、Long long ago, there were quite a lot of trees on the hill.
很久很久以前，山上有许多树木。
2、Long long ago, we knew the periodic motion of a planet.
很久以前，我们就知道行星的周期运动。
3、Long long ago, a group of monkeys found a moon in the lake.
很久以前，有一群猴子发现湖里有个月亮。
