请问老师能看下去年六级考试真题句子的whereas吗？
Perhaps my expectations of lunches, water-cooler gossip and caring, deep-and-meaningful conversations were a legacy of the last time I was in that kind of office environment. Whereas now, as I near the end of my fourth decade, I realize work can be fully functional and entirely fulfilling without needing to be best mates with the people sitting next to you.
1、我看到老师之前说whereas引导对比状语从句，那样whereas能直接放在句首，和上句对比吗？假如不可以，为何这句话这么用？
2、whereas引导对比状语从句都有”让步“的意思吗？
3、能否请老师总结下whereas的使用方法？
whereas 为从属连词，表示对比意义。从句坐落于主句之后时，剖析为对比状语从句（=while on the contrary)（夸克的分类）；从句坐落于主句之前时，剖析为让步状语从句（=although）。词典例句：
Doctors’salarieshaverisensubstantially, whereasnurses’payhasactuallyfallen.
Whereasknowledgecan beacquiredfrombooks,skillsmust belearnedthroughpractice.
你看到的那个句子是口语体，不是非常规范。whereas不该另起一句，而应该作为前一句话的对比状语从句。另外，该句中as从句后漏掉了动词be。
Perhaps my expectations of lunches, water-cooler gossip and caring, deep-and-meaningful conversations were a legacy of the last time I was in that kind of office environment，whereas now, as I am near the end of my fourth decade, I realize work can be fully functional and entirely fulfilling without needing to be best mates with the people sitting next to you.
