英语句子so that's what it was 指什么

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英语句子so that's what it was 指什么
一句英语里:She can read the sign,which tells her that she has eight miles to go to the village of Highman.Highman.So that's what it was,no joke.这句话中So that's what it what it was为什么用过去式?是表示虚拟语气吗
书上翻译成,原来真有这个村子。

So that's what it was.这是what引导的表语从句,没有虚拟语气.
that是主语,这里指的是Highman.
这句话意思是那就是那个村子.thanks这里的was用过去式想表达的意思是“以前”她得知过highman这个village,这里强调出了以前。