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英语语法问题

Of course, people from different countries around the world celebrate birthdays in different ways. For example, the children in Argentina have their ears pulled by all their family and friends—one for each year of their lives. In Israel, the child sits in a special chair and gets lifted into the air—again, once or each year of life. The lucky children of Ireland receive “birthday bump” —they are held upside down and gently knock against the floor the number of years of life.
one for each year of their lives中的one是不是指代 前面的“the children in Argentina have their ears pulled by all their family and friends”？
还有 The lucky children of Ireland receive “birthday bump” —they are held upside down and gently knock against the floor the number of years of life. 这句话中the number of years of life前面不要加个介词吗？

Answer 1

1、As 就是关系代词，指代后面的句子honesty is the bestpolicy。

2、As an oldsaying goes 是前置的非限制性定语从句，其结构如下：

主语：an old saying
谓语动词：goes【此处的 go 是及物动词，相当于 say 的意思】
宾语：as

3、As 也可以用下面宾语从句代替来理解：

An old saying goes that "honesty is the best policy".（= An old saying says that"honesty is the best policy"）

4、As指代后面要提到的或前面已经提到的一个句子，用来引导的定语从句，在从句中充当宾语、主语或表语。另如：

As you can see, we're still working. 如你所见，我们仍在工作。【as 指代 we're stillworking，在从句中作宾语，等于含有宾语从句的 you can see that we're still working 所表述的意思】
We were sitting, as I remember, in a riverside restaurant. 我记得我们当时是坐在一个河畔的餐馆里。【= as 指代 we were sitting in a riverside restaurant，在从句中作宾语，等于含有宾语从句的I remember that we were sitting in a riverside restaurant 所表述的意思】
The statement reads in full as follows: … 声明全文如下：…… 【as 指代 the statementreads in full，在从句中做主语，等于含有主语从句的 That the statement reads in full follows … (全文) 所表述的意思】
We're busy enough as it is. 我们实际上很忙。【as 指代we're busy enough，在从句中作表语，等于含有表语从句的 It is that we're busy enough 所表述的意思】

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