第226句 理性
on the dust jacket of this fine book, stephen jay gould says: "this book stands for reason itself. and so it does-and all would be well were reason the only judge in the creationism/evolution debate.
译文：这部优秀作品的护封上引用了斯蒂芬·杰·古尔德的一句话：“这本书本身就代表了理性。”的确如此——如果理性是创世纪论和进化论之争的唯一裁判，那么一切问题就已解决了。
点睛：第一句话中用了直接引语作宾语。第二句话是对第一句的肯定，破折号后的部分作了进一步的解释。were reason the only judge in the creationism/evolution debate其实是省略if的虚拟条件句，相当于if reason were the only judge in the creationism/evolution debate。
考点归纳：如果虚拟条件句中的谓语部分含有were、had或should，可以将其放在句首，省略连词if，变成倒装句——这就叫做虚拟语气的倒装，是考研英语阅读文章中常常出现的。
*were it not for your help,1 wouldn't have got what i have today.=if it were not for your help,i wouldn't have got what i have today.
要是没有你的帮助，我就不会有今天。
had you come earlier, you would have met him.= if you had come earlier, you would have met him．
你来得早一点儿的话，就可以碰到他了。
*should it rain,the crops would be saved.= were it to rain.the crops would be saved.
假如下雨，庄稼就有救了。
注意：在虚拟语气的从句中，动词be的过去时态一律用were，不用was。
if i were you,1 would go to look for him.
如果我是你，就会去找他。
if he were here, everything would be all right.
如果他在这儿，一切都会好的。