本篇为第3篇笔记:假设语气。
一、经典例句
二、知识点回顾(对应例句编号)
三、例句中文翻译(参考)
1. If you are free, please help me with my homework. 2. If I were free, I would help you with your homework.
3. If it rains tomorrow, we will cancel the picnic. 4. I suggest that everyone should help in some way. => I suggest that everyone help in some way. 5. I insist that she should consult the doctor. => I insist that she consult the doctor. 6. It is important that we be honest. => It is important that we should be honest. => It is important for us to be honest.
7. If I were young, I could enjoy this party. => As I am not young, I can't enjoy this party. 8. If I had a lot of money, I would buy a yacht. => As I don't have much money, I won't buy a yacht.
9. If I had known the gossip then, I would have told you. => As I didn't known the gossip then, I wouldn't tell you. 10. If our teacher had spoken louder, we wouldn't have dozed off. => We wouldn't have dozed off if our teacher had spoken louder. => As our teacher didn't speak loud, we dozed off. => we dozed off as our teacher didn't speak loud. 11. Suppose you had ten million dollars, what would you like to do first? => Supposing you had ten million dollars, what would you like to do first? 12. I will stay here provided the climate agrees with me tomorrow. => I will stay here providing the climate agrees with me tomorrow. 13. If I had done my homework yesterday, I would go on a date with her now. => As I didn't do my homework yesterday, I don't go on a date with her now.
14. If it should rain tomorrow, the game would be put off. => If it should rain tomorrow, the game will be put off. 15. If the Pacific Ocean were to dry up, I would change my mind. => I never change my mind. 16. If I were a bird, I could fly to you. => Were I a bird, I could fly to you. 17. If he had known the truth, he would have told you. => Had he known the truth, he would have told you. 18. If it should rain, I would stay at home. => Should it rain, I would stay at home.
19. He talks as if he knew everything. => He talks as though he knew everything. 20. She looks as if she had seen a ghost. => She looks as though she had seen a ghost. 21. She laughed as if nothing had happened. => She laughed as though nothing had happened. 22. I wish I knew Annie's cellular phone number. => I'm sorry I don't know Annie's cellular phone number. 23. I wish I hadn't bought such an expensive dress. => I'm sorry I bought such an expensive dress then. 24. It's past midnight. It's time the children went to bed. => It's time the children went to bed. => It's time that the children went to bed. => It's time for the children to go to bed. 25. It's about time you apologized to her for what you did. 26. If only I had taken her advice. 27. If only my tooth would stop hurting! 28. It it were not for music, he would not live a moment. => Were it not for music, he would not live a moment. => Without music, he could not live a moment. => But for music, he could not live a moment. 29. If it had not been for the traffic jam, we would have been in time for the game. => Had it not been for the traffic jam, we would have been in time for the game. => Without the traffic jam, we would have been in time for the game. => But for the traffic jam, we would have been in time for the game.
30. To hear him talk, you would think he knew all about the secret. => If you heard him talk, you would think he knew all about the secret. 31. I know he is innocent; otherwise I wouldn't try to save him. => If I didn't know he was innocent, I wouldn't try to save him. 32. We hid in the forest; otherwise they would have found us. => If we hadn't hidden in the forest, they would have found us. 33. With a little patience, you could get over your difficulty. => If you had a little patience, you could get over your difficulty. 34. Ten years ago, I could have run around this lake within half an hour. => If it had been ten years ago, I could have run around this lake within half an hour. 35. The same man, living in this centry, would be a hero. => The same man, if he were living in this centry, would be a hero. 36. Seen from a distance, you might look hansome. => If you were seen from a distance, you might be hansome. 37. A man of sense wouldn't say such a thing. => If he were a man of sense, he wouldn't say such a thing. 38. A secret agent would never tell you his real name. => If he were a secret agent, he would never tell you his real name.
1. 直述句。 If you are free, please help me with my homework. 2. 假设句。 If I were free, I would help you with your homework.
假设语气重点: 1)时间线 过去完成式 -> 过去式 -> 现在式 -> 未来式 2)事实与假设时态差一级 比如:与现在事实对比,假设语气就用过去式。