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要不是报纸，我们都赶不上时代了。 Without newspaper, we would get behind the times.
要不是我的工作没做完, 我真想去。 I would like to go only that I haven't finished my work.
要不是这位好心的向导，我可能就在山中迷路了。 Had it not been for the kind guide, I might have got lost in the mountains.
要不是隔著这座公寓大楼, 大海的景色就可以从这里一览无遗. You'd have a good view of the sea from here except for the block of flats in between.
要不是因为下雨, 我们的假日一定过得很惬意. But for the rain we would have had a nice holiday.
要不是办像酿酒厂或保险公司这样的副业，他们没有多少人只靠艺术就能过的舒舒服服。 Few of them managed to make a good living out of their art alone, without running a sideline such as a brewery or an insurance office.