In the past, the children of Asia had very few choices.

在過去, 生長在亞洲的小孩子沒有什麼選擇可言。

in the past (在過去) 為表『過去』的時間副詞, 故須與過去式的子句並用, 而不可用現在式。

例: In the past, people were more sincere.

　(過去的人比較真誠。)

注意:

past之後亦可接明確的時間名詞, 形成下列用法:

　＊上述片語多與現在完成式或現在完成進行式並用。

例: Our country has made great progress in the past ten years.

　(過去十年來我們國家進步了很多。)

　Doctors have been working over the last twenty years to find a cure for AIDS.

　(過去廿年來，醫生們一直在努力尋找愛滋病的治療方法。)

...and do the same kind of job as his father.

=...and do the same kind of job as his father did.

　……並且做和他父親同樣的工作。

　the same + 名詞 + as...　　和……相同的……

注意:

在上述用法中, the same是形容詞, 表『相同的』; 而as則為準關係代名詞 (即既當連接詞亦做關係代名詞的詞類), 譯成『和』, 換言之, as可視為關係代名詞, 在所引導的形容詞子句中做主詞、受詞或be動詞之後的主詞補語。且as即等於"as the + 前面的名詞 + 關係代名詞 (who、whom、which、that)"。

作主詞:

例: I have exactly the same car as was described in the magazine.

　(我有一部車，跟雜誌裡描述的一模一樣。)

　＊本句的as = as the car that

作受詞:

例: I have the same book as you do.

　(我有一本和你相同的書。)

　＊本句的as = as the book which, 之後的do是代動詞, 代替之前相同的動詞have, 以避免重複。

be動詞後的主詞補語: (通常省略be動詞)

例: He is not the same man as he used to (be).

　(他已非當年的吳下阿蒙。)

　＊本句的as = as the man that。

　I have the same dictionary as this one (is).

　(我有一本和這本一樣的字典。)

　＊本句的as = as the dictionary that。

Asian parents whose children are doing all this do have a reason to be worried.

亞洲籍的父母若其子女有這樣的表現, 則的確有理由操心。

上列句中的whose是關係代名詞所有格, 其所引導的形容詞子句修飾其前的名詞Asian parents。而句中的助動詞do則為強調用法, 譯成『的確』、『真地』、『確實』。助動詞do、does、did作強調用法時, 即在肯定句的動詞前, 按主詞人稱及時態之不同置入do、does或did, 再將動詞改為原形。

例: My son does work hard but he still doesn't do very well in school.

　(我兒子真的很用功，但他在學校的表現還是不太好。)

　The ship did sink but nobody could find it.

　(那艘船確實沈沒了，但是沒有人能找得到。)

注意:

關係代名詞所有格whose的用法:

關係代名詞所有格whose係由人稱代名詞所有格 (his、her、their、my、your、our...) 變化而來, 和關係代名詞一樣, 引導形容詞子句, 修飾其前的先行詞 (名詞), 且不管先行詞是人或物, 關係代名詞所有格一律用whose。

使用關係代名詞所有格時, 要注意下列三個要點:

a. whose之前要有先行詞 (名詞);

b. whose之後的名詞在whose引導的形容詞子句中要作主詞或受詞;

c. 否則whose之前要有介詞, 而該介詞亦可移至形容詞子句句尾。

例: I don't like Tom, whose words are seldom true.

                        　　　主詞

　(我不喜歡湯姆，他說的話很少是真的。)

　I met Nancy, whose parents I like very much.

                     　　 受詞    及物動詞

　(我遇見南西，我很喜歡她的父母。)

　I try to be friendly to Carl, with whose sister I would like to make friends.

　(我試圖向卡爾示好，我想和他妹妹做朋友。)

　但由於make friends with是一完整的片語, 故最好將with置於句尾, 即:

　I try to be friendly to Carl, whose sister I would like to make friends with.

注意:

whose代替物時, "whose + 名詞"亦可被"the + 名詞 + of + which"取代。

例: This is a fancy sports car, whose color I like very much.

　= This is a fancy sports car, the color of which I like very much.

　(這是一輛拉風的跑車，我很喜歡它的顏色。)