I sold your father that house seventeen years ago. 十七年前我把那栋房子卖给你父亲的。
Seventeen years of tempering have taught the Chinese Communist Party many ways of attaining internal unity, and ours is now a much more seasoned Party. 经过了十七年锻炼的中国共产党,已经学到了如何团结自己的许多方法,已经老练得多了。