一、假設語氣必有的兩大特色:
1.絕無可能之事。
2.動詞的時態比發生的狀況更過去一步。
例1:
(1)如果你現在相信我,…(一般狀況)
If you believe me now,…
(2)如果你現在相信我,…(但你並不相信我,所以是假設語氣)
If you believed me now,…
(3)如果你當時相信我,…(會這麼說是因為你當時並不相信我,所以是過去假設)
If you had believed me then,…
例2:
(1)我希望你會娶(嫁)我。(一般狀況)
I hope you will marry me.
(2)我希望你會娶我。(但你不會這麼做)
I wish you would marry me.
(3)我希望你已娶了我。(會這麼說,是因為你當時並沒娶我,所以是過去假設)
I wish you had married me.
例3:
(1)你應該少吃點。(一般狀況)
You should eat less.
(2)你昨天該少吃點。(事實已發生,你昨天並未少吃,所以是過去假設語氣)
You should have eaten less.
(3)你剛才可能把自己害死。(事實上,剛才並沒死,所以是過去假設語氣)
You might have killed yourself.
二、練習題:
1.我如果現在還未婚,有多好啊!
How wonderful it ___ ___ if I ___ not married
now.
2.如果現在天晴,有多好啊!
How wonderful it ___ ___ if it ___ ___ now.
3.希望我能試試看吧!I ___ I ___ .
4.希望我能,但我不能。I ___ I ___ .
5.可惜你禮拜天沒來!
What a pity that you ___ ___ ___ this Sunday.
6.真希望你禮拜天來了!
How I wish you ___ ___ ___ this Sunday.
7.希望我頭髮能多一點!
I ___ my hair ___ .
8.我的頭髮以前比現在多。
My hair ___ thicken than it ___ now.
三、答案
1.現在假設,will be 改為would be、
am改為were
2.現在假設,will be 改為would be、
am改為were;sunny
3.普通現在式:hope;can
4.現在假設,hope 改為wish、can改為could
5.普通現在式:did't show up
6.過去假設,showed up 改為 had shown up
7.現在假設,hope 改為wish、is 改為were;
thicken
8.普通過去:was;is