Almost along among Oriental peoples the Egyptians permitted women to
succeed to the throne.在东方各国,只有埃及女性允许继承王位。请问这句话的along是沿着,顺着的意思吗?直译过来就是"顺着绝大多数东方国家来看..."是这样吗?
... been born 200 years ago, you would have died of pneumonia. 这才是虚拟的吧?这句话如果换成 lived 是不是只能用 if you lived 200 years ago, you would have died of pneumonia? 如果是,那这句是真实的还是虚拟的?