Last Sunday, Nate was seeking a space for his car in a parking lot . Unfortunately, he found out that the parking lot was already full. Since Nate was running late for an appointment, he decided not to find another place to park. Instead, Natepulled overand parked his car on the side of the road with a red line. He ignoredthe sign that said “No temporaryparking” and left.
When Nate returned to the place a few hours later, he was shocked to find that his car was gone. He stood stiffly for a while, and then he noticed a phone number and the license platenumber of his car written on the ground. He hastily hailed a taxito the towing yard. After paying the ticket, he finally got his car back. Nate learned his lesson and has never parked his car illegally ever since then.
本文最後一句的句尾 ever since then 意思為「自從那 時起」，since 之前加了副詞 ever 並無特殊意義，主要 在強調 since。
此處的 since 為介詞，表「自從⋯⋯，自⋯⋯之後」， 之後可以接 then 或明確的時間、名詞、動名詞，修飾 現在完成式或現在完成進行式的主要子句。
例：Rick went to Paris last month, and we haven’t heard from him ever since then.
瑞克上個月去了巴黎，從那時起，我們就沒他的音訊。
例：Since the accident, Kevin has had difficulty walking.
