Wide awake at 3:30 am with our nine-year-old daughter on our lodge balcony, I stared for hours at the most incredible night sky I've ever seen before the dawn slowly started to rub out the stars on the horizon and the multiple shooting stars faded away.
凌晨三点半,我和九岁的女儿在小屋的阳台上毫无睡意。我凝望了几个小时那片我见过的最令人惊叹的夜空,直到黎明缓缓抹去地平线上的星辰,几颗流星也渐渐消逝。
“before”引导一个时间状语从句,说明主句“stared”发生的时间背景:在黎明逐渐抹去地平线上的星星、流星也消失之前。该时间从句内部包含两个由“and”连接的独立分句。