1. It'snot that talking to the waiter is better than talking to your husband butinteractions with peripheral members of our social network matter for our well-being also.
对于这个复杂句，我有以下一些疑惑，向各位老师求教：
我认为该长句有3个谓语动词，2个is和matter（假如matter这里是动词的话），那样意味着这个长句一共由3个句子构成，因此应该出现两个连接词。that算一个连接词，引导后面的句子；我认为这里的but不是用来引导从句的，而是把和这两个结构并列起来做对比，若是如此，那样还有一个连接词到哪里了？个人猜想，这里的It's若是一个强调句的结构，强调的部分是，那样是否matter前面省略了that？欢迎各位老师给予指点，谢谢。
2. Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside. I ran the risk oflosing those students who had a different style of thinking. Without fail onewould declare, “But I’m just not creative.”
I asked, “So tell me one of your most interesting dreams.” The studentwould tell something wildly imaginative.
以上两个句子中的would好像不太像是推断的使用方法，也不太像是虚拟语气的使用方法，那如何去理解呢？表示意愿或主动想么？
1 句子虽然长，但结构其实不复杂。这是 It is not A but B . 主系表结构，否定A，一定B。只是A和B都是名词性从句，B从句省略了that。
A=that talking to the waiter is better than talking to your husband
B= interactions with peripheral members of our social network matter for our well-being also.
2 二个would都是表示过去的习惯性动作，即一直这样。would表示过去的习惯性动作，其实也是would表示推断意义的使用方法的延伸。
