新东方考研英语必背500句
第091句
as a way of coping with the mails while they were away, the johnsons asked the cleaning lady to send little printed slips asking the senders to write again later.
译文：作为不在家时处理邮件的一种方式，约翰逊一家请清洁女工把印好的小纸条寄给写信人，让他们以后再写。
点睛：介词as引导的是句子的状语，其中while引导的是时间状语从句。现在分词短语asking...作slips的后置定语。cope with意为“处理，应付”；ask sb. to do sth.意为“让某人做某事”。