可可早间课堂第62期:If S should do, S would do.
日期:2011-06-13 10:06

(单词翻译:单击)

Morning, I’m Juliet!I am Juliet. Nice to meet you on the air. Hope we could spend a wonderful morning together. An hour in the morning is worth two hours in the evening.

一天之计在于晨,若您有个美好的晨间生活,相信您一天的生活都是美好的。A hard beginning makes a good ending. 常言道:善始善终。

【复习】
Last time we learned three sentence patterns.
1 If +S + should do, S +would do.
2 If +S + should do, S + could do.
3 If +S + should do, S +might do.

这个三个句型都是表示对某种情况万一会出现的猜测。其中虚拟条件句中的 should do 是“万一”的意思,由此我们可以知道那么假设者对这种情况不会出现有很大的把握,但是人算不如天算,有些情况是防不胜防的,因此还是谨慎为好,说话给自己留些余地,别人会觉得您很有修养说话。

For example: If you should have any difficulties in finding that medical shop to get the medicine, you could ( would ) ring the number. In fact, this sentence shows that the speaker thinks you must find the shop.

【答疑解惑】
1 If I should be free tomorrow, I'll come to see you.
2 If the toys should arrived in a damaged condition, inform us at once.
All right, they are right or wrong? They are right. 在if + S+ should do, S + would (could , might )do. 这个句型中,主句的谓语动词可以用陈述语气,也可以用祈使语气。第一句中用的是陈述语气,第二句中用的是祈使语气。

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【今日主题】
In daily life, we often say "要不是......" in our conversation, how should we put it in English. Easy , remember the following sentence patterns.
1 If it weren't for..., S+ wouldn't do. 要不是……, 就不会……
2 If it weren't for..., S+ couldn't do. 要不是……, 就能够……
3 If it weren't for..., S+ might not do. 要不是……, 就不可能……

【即学即用】
John 负债累累,追账的人准备打上门来,幸好Mary知道了,John才躲过了一难,时候John感谢Mary: If it weren't for your information, I might be blue and black all over that evening. 那晚要不是有你的信息,我可能就遍体鳞伤了。

Jerry 现在正是事业的高峰时期,我们常说:一个成功的男人背后必定会有一个好女人。当Jerry 只是一味地炫耀自己时,其好友Tim就说了:If it weren't for you nice wife Ruth, you couldn't be anywhere. 要是没有你的好妻子的话,你不会有任何成就。

一个成功的男人背后必定会有一个好女人,那么一个成功的女人后面却要有无数个有权在握的男人。Well , just like my leader many years ago. If it hadn’t been for so many men who had a catbird seats, she wouldn't be the General Manage in the three-star hotel, in charge of the hotel. 就像我很多年前的上司一样,要不是有那么多有权力职位的男人顶着她,她就不会成为这个三星级酒店的总经理。

记得我弃文从艺时,我家很穷If it weren't for my aunt's lending money to me, I couldn't make so many achievements in ballet field. 要不是我姑妈借钱给我,我就不会在芭蕾领域中取得如此多的成就。

诗中常写到:青春是朦胧的,青春是迷茫的,我也感觉如此。曾几何时,我都觉得活在世界上没意义,是我父母的那么多的参加过革命的老前辈一直在扶持这我成长,才使我今天生活在灿烂的阳光下。If it weren't for the experienced old timers' encouragement and consideration who had been in a world at war, I might not lead a sunshine life. 要不是有在战争时代饱经风霜的老前辈的鼓励和关心照顾,我现在的生活也许不会是充满阳光的。

So , here, I would like to say "Thank all of you! May good people be free from mishaps all their lives. A person who is kind will receive a good reward! May they spent his old age in great enjoyment!" 借此节目,我很想说声:各位伯伯,奶奶们,Juliet已经长大了,谢谢你们。好人一生平安,好人好报。祝你们尽享晚年之乐。

【视野拓展】

All right, let's look at a sentences: Were it not for your good tutor, you couldn't win the first prize in this speech compitition. 要不是你有一个很好的指导老师,你就不能够在这次演讲大赛中获得冠军。 Do you think it's a little strange? Anyway, I do. As a matter of a fact, 上面那个句子是一个倒装句,这个句子的原行是:If it weren't for your good tutor, you couldn't win the first prize. 这个句子如何倒装呢?In truth, it's a piece of cake. 首先,把if省去;然后把系动词were提前到句首。其余语序均不变。

Let's look at another sentence: Should you lose your way, you could ring the number 110 for help. 万一你迷路的话,你就拨打110求助。这个也是个倒装句。It is as easy as the above sentence. 首先,把if 去掉。然后,把助动词should提前至句首。其余语序均不变

So , we can get two sentence patterns。
1 Were it for... , S+ wouldn’t (couldn’t, might not) do.
2 Should S do, S + wouldn’t (couldn’t , might not) do.

【小编的喇叭】
在表示对现在或是将来情况的假设,推测和纯然主观愿望的虚拟条件句中,只有从句中含有it weren't for...和 含有should的2类句子可以倒装,其他的均不可以进行倒装。At then end of the programme, I want to place an emphasize that we must use were, not was. 在节目的最后,我想强调一点就是,it属于第三人称单数,但是这里不是指代人,因此不能像she和he那样自由可以用was, 也可以用were.

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【温故知新】
please translate the following sentences in two ways.
1 万一她对芭蕾舞感兴趣的话,请她打电话给我。
2 要不是他们贷款,我们的生活就很困难。

答案将在下期早间课堂揭晓,敬请各位锁定下期的可可早间课堂。


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重点单词
  • considerationn. 考虑,体贴,考虑因素,敬重,意见 n. 报酬
  • encouragementn. 鼓励
  • emphasizevt. 强调,着重
  • informv. 通知,告诉,向 ... 报告,告发
  • experiencedadj. 有经验的
  • conversationn. 会话,谈话
  • balletn. 芭蕾舞
  • tutorn. 家庭教师,导师 v. 当家庭教师,当导师,指导