5．While作为并列连词，意为“而，却”，表示对比。如：

While the chef’s dishes tonight are rather bland(乏味的), his ideas are fresh and

appealing.

今晚厨师的菜相当寡味，但他的思想却清新诱人。

注：我们去吃饭，谁会关心厨师的思想呢？

Sir, I dont know how to tell this, but your imagination has just taken flight ____ while your facts are still on standby.（备用）

先生，我不知道怎样告诉这点，但你的想象力已经逃跑，你的事实还在袖手旁观。

注：讽刺某人胡编乱造，说话没有根据。

A lie is half way around the world while the truth is just putting his boots on.

真理刚穿上靴子，谎言已经在半路了。

注：人们更爱传播八卦新闻。

6．如果主句表示的是短暂动作，而从句用延续性动词的进行时表示在一段时间内正在进行的动作时，when, while与as可以互换使用。如：

When/While/As I was walking down the street, I came across an old friend of mine.

What animal eats with its tail?

All animals do. No one takes off its tail while/when/as they are eating.

什么动物用尾巴吃东西？（故意理解成：什么动物带着尾巴吃东西？）

所有动物，没有动物吃东西时把尾巴拿下来。

注：With: 用…做；带着

二、as soon as, immediately, directly, instantly, the moment, the minute, the instant, no sooner…than…, hardly/scarcely….when….和once

这些从属连接词引导的从句都表示从句的动作一发生，主句的动作随即就发生，常译为“一…就…”。从句中一般时态代替将来时态。如：

How beautifully everything is arranged by Nature; as soon as a child enters the

world, it finds a mother ready to take care of it.

大自然安排的每件事情都多么奇妙啊；孩子一来到这个世上，就发现有个母亲已经准备好了照料它。

解释：学习这种从不同的角度看问题的幽默思维。

As soon as Eve ate the apple of wisdom[智慧], she reached for the fig(无花果) leaf;

when a woman begins to think, her first thought is of a new dress.

夏娃吃完智慧苹果后马上去找无花果的叶子；当女人开始思想时她首先想到的是新衣服。

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

银行家在阳光照耀时借给你伞，开始下雨时又想要回来的人。

解释：银行是用钱生钱，不是慈善机构。如果你是个很好的企业或者人很有资信，他愿意把钱借给你，如果感觉到你快破产了，肯定会想法设法把钱要回来。

Once a woman has given you her heart --- you can never get rid of the rest of her body.

一旦女人把心给了你——你就再也摆脱不了她身体的其余部分了。

注：抓住了心爱的女人的心是幸福的，抓住了你不喜欢的女人的心，算惹上麻烦了。

No sooner…than…, hardly/scarcely….when…

I had hardly got home when it began to rain.

Hardly had I got home when it began to rain.

No sooner had we arrived at the station that the train left.

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