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- 这本书从前很出名，现在没人看了。
This book was once famous, but nobody reads it today.
- 从前有一个公主。
Once upon a time there was a princess.
- 从前有个美丽的公主 ...
Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess ...
- 从前医生常常给病人放血。
Doctors used to bleed people when they were ill.
- 我从前没有见过他。
I hadn't seen him previously.
- 从前，在一个小村庄里住着一位老人。
Once upon a time, there was an old man living in a small village.
- 从前，有一位非常美丽的公主。
Once upon a time, there lived a princess who was very beautiful.
- 从前人们在手术前用乙醚来使病人昏睡。
Ether was used formerly to put a patient to sleep before an operation.
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