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3. Whereas a woman’s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage,it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.

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3. [分析]whereas弓|導(dǎo)了一個(gè)從句，即a woman's closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, 而it wasn't unusual to--, sleep on the sofa為主句，其中it為形式主語(yǔ)，真正的主語(yǔ)為不定式短語(yǔ)。 [譯文]一個(gè)女人的閨蜜可能是第一個(gè)告訴她放棄失敗婚姻的人，但人們經(jīng)常聽(tīng)到一位男士說(shuō)直到有一天晚上他的朋友出現(xiàn)在他面前問(wèn)他是否可以睡在沙發(fā)上時(shí)，他才知道他朋友的婚姻陷人了很?chē)?yán)重的困境。