这个地方不如过去那么好了！

This place isn't as good as it was in ___the ___old ___days!

在过去，学者可能要花费数年时间寻找特定信息，而现在只需点击一下按钮就能轻松廉价地找到。

___In ___the ___old ___days, a scholar could spend years of his life in search of specific information, which now can be easily and inexpensively found at the click of a button!

我祖父经常讲述过去日子里的故事，那时生活更简单。

My grandfather often tells stories about ___the ___old ___days when life was simpler.