That was the first time in more than thirty years as a job holder that Coleman had heard such words.我不理解这个句子.是不是it is the first time that .这个句子呢?再说我对it is the first time that .这个句子也不理解.

Question

That was the first time in more than thirty years as a job holder that Coleman had heard such words.
我不理解这个句子.是不是it is the first time that .这个句子呢?再说我对it is the first time that .这个句子也不理解.

Answer 1

第一个"THAT" 是形式主语,真正的主语是第二个THAT 后面所引导的从句.整句话可写为:That Coleman had heard such words was the first time in more than thirty years as a job holder.作为一个超过三十年的政府雇员,科尔曼第一次听到这样的说话.