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问题: 一句话中的instead!

I want you to remember instead the joy and the happiness of those times when you first said hello to a friend.
这句话应该怎么理解?到底是记住不记住“the joy and the happiness of those times when you first said hello to a friend.”??
instead是不是可以放到整句话的最前面?

解答:

I want you to remember instead the joy and the happiness of those times when you first said hello to a friend.

就我的理解,这里的instead应该是与前面句子的转折,有“然而、但是”之意。关键是看上下句之间的前后关系。

(相反的,)我希望你记住你第一次和朋友打招呼的那些快乐和幸福。

一般来说,instead是可以放在句子之前的。