“很久很久以前”用英文有五种常见表达：
“Long long ago”：这个短语经常用来指代遥远的过去。发音为[英]l?? l?? ??ɡ?u / [美]l?? l?? ??ɡo。例如，”Long long ago, there were four great inventions.“
“A long time ago”：这个短语通常用来表示一个更长的时间段。发音为[英]? l?? taim ??ɡ?u / [美]e l?? ta?m ??ɡo。例如，”He must have started writing his book a long time ago.“
“Long time ago”：这个短语也用来强调时间的流逝，发音与”A long time ago”相似。例如，”The local drug dealers in my neighborhood would have taken him out long time ago.“
“Once upon a time”：这是一个富有魅力的短语，用来表示一个想象中的或神话般的过去。发音为[英]w?ns ??pɑn e ta?m / [美]w?ns ??pɑn e ta?m。例如，”Once upon a time, there lived an old man with two beautiful daughters.“
“Long long time ago”：这个短语可以非正式地用来表示一个非常长的时间段，但可能不如前面的选项那样被广泛认可。例如，”In fact, the aging process started long long time ago, from when I was young.“
