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基本解释

There are two problems with tables that have lots of extents, or at least there used to be.
那些有很多盘区、或者至少曾经有过的表，存在两个问题。
One time there used to be a field there in which they used to play every evening with other people’s children .
过去那里曾经有一块空地，他们每晚都在空地上和其他家的孩子一起玩耍。
There used to be an old joke in America that people should take a bath once a week, whether they need one or not.
以前在美国有一个老笑话，说不管人们需不需要，他们至少每个礼拜该洗一次澡。

There used to be a time when the quickest way to travel across the western United States was in a stagecoach.
As I'll explain later in class, in Florida there used to be many, many, many varieties of oranges and now there are about four and there are commercials reasons for this occurring.
稍后我会详细解释,在佛罗里达州曾经有很多种类的橙子,而现在那里大概仅剩四种,这一切的发生归咎于商业上的原因
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Plus, there's a lot more bike lanes than there used to be, so that helps.
另外，现在的自行车道也比以前多了很多，这个也很有用。
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There is a lot less loyalty for CPG brands than there used to be.
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