I enjoyed the movie very much. I wish I had read the book from which it was made.
电影不错,我希望我读过原著。[wish + 主语 = 过去完成时 = 愿望之事在wish以前发生。]
He was known to us all as Dickie and his eccentricity had become legendary long before he died.
大家都管他叫迪基。早在他去世前很久,他的古怪行为就成了传奇故事了。