His dad snuffed it a couple of years ago.

他爸爸两年前就吹灯了.

A new comet was discovered a couple of years ago.

几年前发现了一颗新彗星。

Then I went and bought a hovercraft a couple of years ago.

后来我在一两年前又买了一艘水陆两用气垫船。

This was an innovative concept until a couple of years ago.

这在数年前还只是个创新概念。

Our old ceramic sewer pipes collapsed a couple of years ago.

我们家的古老的陶制下水管几年前爆裂了.

And a couple of years ago, I decided to write about procrastination.

几年前我决定写一篇关于拖延的文章。

A couple of years ago, I was on a radio talk show that broadcast from Seattle.

几年前，我曾参加下西雅图的一个广播脱口秀节目。

But a couple of years ago, I found a rather unique answer hiding in plain sight.

但在几年前，我无意间找到了一个相当独特的答案。

When I started online dating a couple of years ago I had very little success.

几年前当我开始网上约会时，成功机率很小。

Well, this is the question that I decided to pursue a couple of years ago.

几年前我决定仔细研究这个问题。