Once upon a time 是什么意思？真实经历也能这样开头吗？

Once upon a time 表示很久以前，是英语童话的传统开头。成人也会用它谈一个与现在很不同的过去，通常带有怀旧、戏谑或反讽的语气。

想在对话中用 once upon a time 吗？

练习在对话中灵活使用英语词汇

Once upon a time, there was/lived + someone…; Once upon a time, + past simple (things were different then)

Once upon a time, there was a little fox who lived at the edge of a dark forest.
Once upon a time, a phone was just for calling people, not for watching films.
Once upon a time, our whole team fitted into one small office above a bakery.

修改前Once upon a time last summer, I missed my flight because of a traffic jam.

修改后One day last summer, I missed my flight because of a traffic jam.

Once upon a time 看起来像普通的“曾经”或“有一天”，但它带有童话开场的感觉。与 last summer 放在一起，会像“很久很久以前的去年夏天”那样不协调。平常讲某个具体事件，可以用 one day 或 once。

单独的 once 语气中性：I once lived in Berlin。加上 upon a time，同样的过去经历会带一点讲童话似的玩笑意味：Once upon a time, I could stay up all night and still work the next day。

My daughter's favourite story starts like this: ___, there lived a king who had three clever daughters.

(Once upon a time / One day)

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Once upon a time — 这里是童话开头，介绍很久以前住着一位国王，因此选 Once upon a time。One day 更适合引出具体事件，例如 One day, the king got lost in the forest，不是这里这种传统的背景开场。

想一件你所在城镇或生活中过去与现在不同的事。使用 once upon a time，先说明过去怎样，再说现在怎样。

Once upon a time, our street had three bookshops, but now there's only a phone repair shop.

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