英文sentence structure問題

1.Just可解作：正要，剛要；而as解作：當
所以，Just as he was about to pick up the phone, it rang.的Just as解作”正當”，全句可譯為：
正當他想拿起電話筒時，電話響起來。
例句：Just as I went out, it rained.（正當我離去，天下雨）
２．這句其實是屬於複合句(compound sentence)，只不過，句子將其中一個that省略
全句可寫成
Didn't you say (that)(1) the news says that(2) a crocodile escaped from my home?
全句有兩句that子句，而(2)that子句是(1)that子句的附屬子句(subordinate clause)；(1)that子句是主句(main clause)”Did'nt you say”的附屬子句。

Woo~ So sophisticated explanation! Hahatse sounds like an Eng teacher ar~ Pro!

for #2, 如果你想更加明白整句的寫法,可以加"that"係say後面: Didn't you say that the news says that a crocodile escaped from my home?

簡單d講, that後面都可以form任何句子(每一句完整句子都要有至少一個verb),所以這整個句子事實上係有三個verbs: say, says, and escaped.