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本讲内容提要:

一、应用于条件句中——表达假设、想象

二、应用于宾语从句中——表达建议、要求

三、应用于It is型中——表达建议、要求

四、应用于wish句型中——表达希望

五、表达委婉提问

通过前面的讲解,我们已经理解了虚拟语气并且深入到虚拟语气的思维腹地,知道了虚拟语气是用来描述人类“主观”精神世界的、是用于表达人类“主观”心理倾向的,本讲我们将基于这一思维核心,通过例句进一步讲解虚拟语气的各种应用。

一、应用于条件句中——表达假设、想象

1. If I were you, I would not tell him that.

如果我是你,我不会跟他说那个。

2. If I were to do anything different, I would focus full time on being an academic.

如果我要做些不同的事情,我会把全部的时间用于学术上。

3. If I were a bird, I would fly into the forest.

如果我是一只鸟,我就飞到这片树林里去。

4. If they had won that debate, there would have been less pressure to raise taxes.

如果他们赢得了这场辩论,就不会有那么大的增税压力。

5. If they had green cards, they would start their own businesses which would create new jobs.

如果他们有绿卡,他们就会创办自己的企业,创造新的就业机会。