分析：主语：Americans；谓语：say；that引导一个宾语从句，还包含有一个省略了关联代词的定语从句，apersoncanbe sureinlife修饰twothings. 当先行词在定语从句中作宾语时，常可省略。

Americans often say that there are only two things a person can be sure of in life: death and taxes.(*)

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(as在从句中作动词宾语)我们正面临着几年前同样的问题。

We are facing the same problems as we did years ago.

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(as在从句中作动词宾语)我们正面临着几年前同样的问题。

We are facing the same problems as we did years ago.

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