有一读者问： 《英语沙龙》有这样一个句子：
(1)...life in Greece was a public one and, as in café life today, friends entertained one another at the agora meeting places.
我对句中的and, as in café life today不甚了解，请剖析一下。
等立连词and在此用以连接两个分句；as in café life today是第二个分句的一部分，用作比较状语，其义为“就像今天坐咖啡馆一样”。café life与前面的public one （=public life）相对应。如进一步做语法分析，as是一连词，用以引导一省略结构(as后省去了as they do)。这种“as+介词短语”省略结构在英语里常可见到，再如：
(2)Keep shoes on plastic racks piled on top of each other, as in a shop.
(3)As with his earlier movies, the special effects in his latest film are brilliant.
