The dinosaurs disappeared long ago.

恐龙很久以前就绝种了。

A hundred years ago, Britain had a large empire.

一百年以前，英国有一个很大的帝国。

The letter came a few days ago.

这封信是几天前寄来的。

She was here just a minute ago.

刚才她还在这儿。

a short'/long time ago

不久 / 很久以前

How long ago did you buy it?

这东西你是多久以前买的？

It was on TV not (so) long ago.

电视不（很）久以前播出了这个节目。

He stopped working some time ago (= quite a long time ago) .

他早就停止工作了。

They're getting married? It's not that long ago (= it's only a short time ago) that they met!

他们要结婚啦？他们刚认识不久嘛！

two weeks'/months'/years ago

两周 / 两月 / 两年以前

The meeting is the first since the war began 14 years ago...

这是自14年前爆发战争以来的第一次会晤。

He was killed a few days ago in a skiing accident...

几天前他在一场滑雪事故中丧生。

She first appeared on the screen ten years ago.

十年前,她第一次出现在银幕上.

They forced her off her homeland many years ago.

许多年前他们迫使她离开了她的家乡.

The girl has grown prettier than ever since I saw her a year ago.

一年不见,小姑娘出落得更漂亮了.

He lost his youth a long time ago.

他早已失去了青春活力.

A certain number of years ago, this place was still a little fishing village.

若干年前, 这里还是一个小渔村.

Food rationing was abolished in that country long ago.

那个国家早就取消了粮食配给制.

He moved out long ago.

他早就搬走了.

She died about two years ago.

她大约在两年前就死了.

New methods of production were employed a few years ago.

新的生产方法几年前曾使用过.

The family left town three years ago but moved back last week.

那家人三年前搬出了城,上星期又搬回来了.

Is the same chairman still knocking around? I thought he had left years ago.

这位主席还活着? 我还以为他多年前就死了呢.

A hundred years ago people scoffed at the idea.

一百年前人们曾嘲笑过这种想法.

I met him half an hour ago.

我半小时前碰到他.

I have a very sharp recollection of my last talk with him two years ago.

两年前我和他最后一次谈话的情景仍历历在目.

Their decision five years ago to computerise the company is now paying dividends.

五年前他们作出的使公司电脑化的决定现在正产生出效益.

The pair of lions which were found five years ago were metallic.

这对五年前发现的狮子是金属制的.

Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago.

两百年前拳击比赛在英国就很盛行.

Some old people always hark back to how things were 30 years ago.

有些老年人老是喜欢重提三十年前的状况.

Your story calls to mind something that happened to me a year ago.

你的故事使我想起一年前的事.

1. Long, long ago there was a war between the birds and beasts.
   很久很久以前,鸟类和兽类间发生了一场战争。
2. He started working for us three years ago.
   他3年前开始为我们干活了。
3. I realized it three weeks ago.
   这是我在3个星期以前才明白的。
4. She started studying with this instructor two months ago.
   她在两个月前,开始跟这位教员学习。
5. We received his samples two days ago.
   我们两天前收到了他的样品。
6. I sent out the samples four days ago.
   我是四天前寄出的样品。
7. We held a fair two weeks ago.
   我们两周前曾举办过一次展览会。
8. The actress you asked about was dead and gone a year ago.
   你问起的那个女演员在一年前就死了。
9. Fossils are the remains of plants and animals of long long ago.
   化石是很久很久以前动植物的遗体。
10. How long ago is it that you last saw her?
    你上次看见她是多久以前?
11. As soon as the Chief had gone, he quickly ran to the merchant.He asked him,“Didn't you leave your money here with me some time ago?”
    那酋长走后,他便迅速地向那商人跑去,他问那商人,“难道你没有在不久前把钱放在我这里吗?”
12. My father died long ago.
    我父亲早就去世了。
13. She's gone long ago.
    她早就走了。
14. I have long ago given up smoking.
    我早就戒烟了。
15. His mother loved him, but he had long ago stopped to share his thoughts with her.
    他妈妈仍然爱他,可是他早已不和他妈妈说知心话了。
16. You must have seen her three days ago.
    三天前你一定见过她。
17. He ought to have been here long ago.
    他很久以前就应该到这儿了。
18. You spoke of having seen her a week ago.
    你讲到过一周前见过她。
19. My mind has been made up about that a long while ago.
    关于那件事我早就下了决心。
20. They decided that many years ago men had brought the printing press and gunpowder from China to Europe.
    他们断定很多年前人们就把印刷术和火药从中国带到欧洲。
21. I recalled William Blake's eloquent challenge of long ago.
    我回想起威廉·布莱克很久以前所提出的有力的挑战。
22. That was a long year time ago.
    那是很久以前的事了。
23. How long ago did you sign the contract?
    你多久以前签的合约?
24. How many years ago did you first come to China?
    你第一次来中国是多少年以前?

...ago today

…以前的今天 today in the past

no longer ago than

就在〔最近〕… a little time in the past

名词+～

• ago">a few minutes ago几分钟以前
• ago">ages ago很久很久以前
• ago">a while ago刚才
• ago">barely a week ago不到一周之前
• ago">fortnight ago两周前

副词+～

• ago">long ago很久以前

• He's drunk,..an hour agone.

  出自：Twelfth Night,Shakespeare

• Ay, a goodish bit ago.

  出自：Dickens

• A slight landslide occurred../ about an hour ago.

  出自：E. Bishop