曼哈顿 句子改错疑惑

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请教各位大佬，曼哈顿第二章，以下这两句并不明白为何正确，也不明白意思，求帮助！

1. Hector remembers San Francisco as it was when he left 10 years ago.

as though he had left ten years ago

答案：均正确，解释如下：

1. The boldface version changes to the original version, but the new version could make sense.

The original sentence says that Hector actually DID leave San Francisco 10 years ago. The revised version says that he did NOT leave San Francisco 10 years ago: the expression as though is used to discuss things that are untrue or did not happen (You behave as though you were richer than Bill Gates!).

Another important change in meaning comes because the revised version takes out the words it (i.e., San Francisco) was, and therefore does not refer directly to the state of affairs in San Francisco 10 years ago.

长丝弓

意思是：
黑体字版本对原始版本进行了修改，但新版本可以说得通。
原句说，赫克托实际上在10年前确实离开了旧金山。修改后的版本说他10年前没有离开旧金山：as though这个表达方式用于讨论不真实或没有发生的事情（例子：You behave as though you were richer than Bill Gates! 你的行为就像你比比尔-盖茨更富有！--当然实际情况是你没有比尔盖茨那么富有）。
黑体修订版的另一个重要变化是，去掉了单词it(这里it指代旧金山），因此不直接指10年前旧金山的情况。

清风罗

长丝弓 发表于 2021-10-11 00:13
意思是：
黑体字版本对原始版本进行了修改，但新版本可以说得通。
原句说，赫克托实际上在10年前确实离开了 ...

谢谢！