Once upon a time there was a princess...

从前有一位公主…

Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess.

从前，有一位美丽的公主。

Traditional stories make use of formulaic expressions like 'Once upon a time...'.

传统故事采用“从前…”一类的套语。

Once upon a time, there was a man named Lazy.

从前，有个叫拉齐的人。

Once upon a time, a king dressed up and went to a local village.

很久很久以前，有个国王盛装前往当地的一个村庄。

Once upon a time, a hippo lived in a river next to a big tree.

从前，有一只河马住在大树旁边的河里。

Once upon a time, there lived a strong young man Hou Yi and his beautiful wife Chang'e.

很久以前，那里生活着一个强壮的年轻人后羿和他漂亮的妻子嫦娥。

Once upon a time, there was a boy who was out playing on the beach with his friends.

从前，有一个男孩和他的朋友一起在海滩上玩耍。

Once upon a time, there was a king.

从前，有一位国王。

Once upon a time, money were just shells.

从前，钱仅仅是贝壳。

Once upon a time, they weren't even boxes.

很久以前，它们甚至都不是盒子。

Once upon a time, there lived a kind king.

从前，有一位善良的国王。

Once upon a time there was a piece of wood.

从前有一块木头。

Once upon a time, there was a simple answer.

从前，有过一个十分简单的答案。

Once upon a time there were three little pigs.

从前，有三只小猪。

Once upon a time there lived a king called Minos.

从前，有一位名叫米诺斯的国王。

Once upon a time, there was no tea at all in England.

从前，在英国根本没有茶。

You will find the standard opening, "once upon a time".

你会发现标准的开头是“很久很久从前”。

Once upon a time, there lived a teacher In a small town.

从前，在一个小镇上住着一位老师。

Once upon a time the physical book was a challenging thing.

从前，实体书是一件具有挑战性的东西。

Once upon a time there was a little boy who had taken cold.

从前，有一个患了感冒的小男孩。

Once upon a time, a Japanese man wanted to rebuild his house.

从前，一个日本人想重建他的房子。

Once upon a time, a wealthy old man lived alone in a big house.

从前，一位富有的老人独自住在一所大房子里。

Once upon a time, they actually were thinking about knocking it down.

从前，他们确实是在考虑拆除它。

There was once upon a time a queen to whom God had given no children.

从前有一位王后，上帝没有给她孩子。

Once upon a time, if you hated your job, you either quit or bit your lip.

曾几何时，如果你讨厌你的工作，你要么辞职，要么咬紧牙关坚持。

Once upon a time, there was a tree which wanted to become a treasure box.

从前，有一棵树想成为一个宝盒。

Once upon a time, there was a poor mother who lived alone with her son, Jack.

从前，有一个很穷的母亲，她和她的儿子一起生活，她的儿子名叫杰克。

Once upon a time, in a rich and beautiful country, there lived an unhappy king.

从前，在一个富饶美丽的国家里，住着一位不幸的国王。

Once upon a time, in the forest there lived a baby elephant, who had no friends.

从前，在森林里住着一只小象，它没有朋友。