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Language Points

2. After that it still took seven years before they finally got married.

Before….(以后) 才，

不等…就，

（不多久）就，

宁愿…, 也不…

e.g. It was not long before they got married. 例子：

1. 会议还没结束，他就离开了会场

He left before the meeting ended.

We hadn’t wait long before the bus came.

2. 我们没等多久，汽车就来了

3. 他宁愿饿死，也就不行窃

He will die of hunger before he will die.