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3. Whereas a woman’s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage,it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.

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3. [分析]whereas弓|导了一个从句，即a woman's closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, 而it wasn't unusual to--, sleep on the sofa为主句，其中it为形式主语，真正的主语为不定式短语。 [译文]一个女人的闺蜜可能是第一个告诉她放弃失败婚姻的人，但人们经常听到一位男士说直到有一天晚上他的朋友出现在他面前问他是否可以睡在沙发上时，他才知道他朋友的婚姻陷人了很严重的困境。