哪位大侠帮着分析和翻译一下这个句子，引导词太多了，搞不清句子关系。

tobefriends

And that's when the dream that was Paul Young's life became a nightmare.先行谢过了。

洋八路

原帖由 tobefriends 于 2011-5-29 21:26 发表
And that's when the dream that was Paul Young's life became a nightmare.先行谢过了。

that is when --  the dream (of Paul Young's life) became a nightmare.  从此以后，Paul Young的人生梦想就成了一场恶梦。。？？

floraz

that's when the dream became nightmare, and the dream was Paul Young's life

floraz

原帖由 洋八路 于 2011-5-29 23:37 发表


that is when --  the dream (of Paul Young's life) became a nightmare.  从此以后，Paul Young的人生梦想就成了一场恶梦。。？？

呵呵，老师先回帖了

onlysesia

原文逻辑不通。

yatimmy

是不是绝望的主妇中的句子？

bulaohu

原帖由 tobefriends 于 2011-5-29 21:26 发表
And that's when the dream that was Paul Young's life became a nightmare.先行谢过了。

这样断句应该看起来更清楚些，当然原句不要那个逗号也是正确的。不要逗号更口语化一点。
And that's when the dream, which was Paul Young's life, became a nightmare.

这里面除了这个省略掉的逗号，可能"was somebody's life" 也会有些疑惑人的作用。这个表达方式是用来形容某物是某人生命中最重要的东西，而不是说某物是某人的生命本身。明白了这一点后整个句子就没有疑点了。

floraz

原帖由 bulaohu 于 2011-5-29 23:54 发表


这样断句应该看起来更清楚些，当然原句不要那个逗号也是正确的。不要逗号更口语化一点。
And that's when the dream, which was Paul Young's life, became a nightmare.

这里面除了这个省略掉的逗号，可能"was someb ...

同意
如果这里用which 是不是比that 显得句式更清楚

tobefriends

另，回6#，是的，这是《desperate housewives》中的剧首旁白。