世博格言必修【9】A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

Samy讲解

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.(J. Barrymore)

只要一个人还有追求，他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才算老。（巴里摩尔）

【世博精解】

as long as是经常用的连接词，有两个意思。第一种表示既然、由于，同since接近, 比如 As long as you’ve offered this sports car, I’ll accept it. 既然你要给我这辆跑车，我就接受了。第二种意思表示只要，引导条件状语从句，这种意思较第一种常见，也就是格言中的用法。例如，I’ll let her go as long as you give me ten thousand pounds. 只要你给我一万英镑，我就放了她。这时，往往可以用provided that替换。I’ll let her go provided that you give me ten thousand pounds. 但显然，provided that要正式些。这句话中还有一个词组：take the place of，它的意思是代替，这里的the一定不能省略。例如：The computer is taking the place of TV in our lives. 再例如: The word “replace” could take the place of “take the place of” in the above example. 是不是有点糊涂了？在上面的例句中，take the place of 也可以用replace代替。

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