1、一、注意时态变化,1. Many of lifes problems which were solved by asking family members, friends or colleagues are beyond the capability of the extended family to resolve. A: 许多可以通过问家里人，问朋友或同事而得到解决的生活中问题是大家庭无力解决的。 B：许多以前可以通过问家里人，问朋友或同事而得到解决的生活中问题是现在大家庭无力解决的。,2. First of all, it seems that a successful scienti
2、st is full of curiosity- he wants to find out how and why the universe works. A：首先，有成就的科学家似乎充满了好奇心 他们想找出宇宙万物运动的方式和原因。 B：首先，有成就的科学家似乎总是充满了好奇心 他们总想找出宇宙万物运动的方式和原因。 Now you try: He is skeptical- he does not accept statements which are not based on the most complete evidence available.,他从不轻信他一般不接受那些不是以现有
3、的最充分的论据为基础的论述。 3. It has often been noted that those who live, or have lived, in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything they do. A: 大家看到起死回生的人或者幸免一死的人，他们对所做的任何事情，总是兴趣盎然。 B：人们已经注意到大凡受到死亡威胁的人或是死里逃生的人对于他们所干的任何事总是兴趣盎然。,I was a modest, good-humored boy; it is Oxford that has made me i
4、nsufferable. 我本来是一个谦虚谨慎、人见人爱的孩子，是牛津大学将我弄得这么人见人嫌。 This is an informal meeting; you can come as you are or as you were. 这是非正式的会见，你可以穿你现在的衣服，也可以穿你昨天穿的衣服。,二、注意虚拟语气的非真实含义,The gifts to Einstein on his fifties birthday would have filled a railroad freight car. 爱因斯坦在他五十岁寿辰的时候收到的礼物，如果要装火车的话，真会装满一节车皮。 Now you
5、 try: The small river would have been no serious hindrance on a weekday.,在平常日子，这条河本来算不了什么。 2. It would have amazed the brightest minds of the 18th century Enlightenment to be told by any of us how little we know and how bewildering seems the way ahead. A：这会使18世纪启蒙运动最杰出的人物大吃一惊，被我们告知我们知道的如何少，对将来似乎也很迷惘
6、。 B：如果真的告诉那些18世纪启蒙运动最杰出的代表，说我们了解的如何少，前进的道路又如何令人迷惘，他们肯定会大吃一惊的。,3. I should have certainly died but that he came to my rescue. 要不是他赶来救了我，我肯定死定了。 Now you try: I should not have paid any particular attention to her but that she possessed a quality that may be common enough in women, but nowadays is not
7、obvious in their demeanor. 要不是她身上有这么一种在当时的妇女身上可能很普遍，但在现在妇女的举止上已不常见的气质，我是决不会朝她多看几眼的。,If I were you, I would never have kept my trap any longer. You could not be better to him. 如果我是你，我是不会再容忍下去的，你对他真是再好不过了。,三、注意情态动词的不同含义,1. He would watch a coach or player demonstrate a difficult maneuver, then he woul
8、d try it himself, he would master the maneuver within minutes. A: 他将会观察教练或运动员示范难的动作技巧，然后会自己试着练。结果没多久时间他就会学会了。 B：他往往先是观察教练或运动员示范难的动作技巧，然后总是自己试着练。结果常常只有几分钟他就会学会了。 “反复发生的动作或习惯性的动作”,2. But the environment must also have a profound effect, since if competition is important to the parents, it is likely to
9、 become a major factor in the lives of their children. 但是环境也必定有很大的影响，因为如果竞争是父母生活中很重要的一部分，那么在孩子的生活中，竞争也很可能成为他们主要的东西。,3.The miracle is that what he did in the little space of seventy years could have been done at all, even by a great genius. A: 令人叹为观止的是，他在短短七十年间所做的事本应能被一个伟大的天才完成。 B：令人叹为观止的是，即便是一个伟大的天才
10、，在短短七十年间要做那么多的事也是难以想象的，而他居然完成了。 Now you try: It seems incredible that he could have finished the work so soon.这工作他完成得竟然如此之快，似乎令人难以置信。,4. He was astounded but highly pleased that the man who presided over the destinies of the mighty British Empire should come pleading to him. A: 他又惊又喜，那位掌握着大英帝国命运的人应该
11、来向他央求。 B：他又惊又喜，那位掌握着大英帝国命运的人居然来向他央求。 Strange that I should have forgotten his name! 说来奇怪，我竟然忘记了他的名字！,四、注意分词的语法含义,1. They were imprisoned, refused anything to read. A: 他们受到拘禁，拒绝阅读任何书籍。 B：他们受到拘禁，不准阅读任何书籍。 2. Drive carefully on that road in bad weather- its very winding. A: 气候恶劣的情况下，在那条路上开车要小心，因为风非常大。
12、B：那条路弯弯曲曲，天气不好时开车要小心。,3. In this changed and complicated world, the need for information is of greatest importance. 4. Until we are intelligent as to its laws and varieties, the main complicating facts of human life must remain unintelligible.,3、在这个变化了的、及其复杂的世界里，对信息的需要是最重要的。 4、我们若不懂得其法则和各种表现，也就不会理解人
13、类生活中那些越来越复杂的主要方面。,Exercises,1. Sometimes she would sit by the window and think of the evening long ago. What would have happened if she had never lost those jewels. 2. I got on the small bridge. I might have fallen into the river if John had not given me a hand. 3. You were my sponsor for years. Wit
14、hout your help I could not have earned my degree nor got what I have today. I always feel I owe you too much.,4. There has been no earthquake here in this century. An earthquake would have shattered the old houses like that. 5. By united action they could have saved themselves and saved the world from this catastrophe.,Key,1、有时候她坐在窗边，想到很久以前的那个夜晚。假如她当初没有丢失那些珠宝，她的情况就会大不一样了。 2、我过那座小桥时滑了一跤，差点儿掉到河里，亏了约翰拉了我一把。 3、你曾对我资助多年，要不是你帮助我，我怎么会获得学位并混出今天这个样子来？我总觉得你对我恩重如山。 4、本世纪这里从未发生过地震。要是发生过地震的话，象那样的老房子早就被震倒了。 5、假如采取一致行动，他们本来可以使自己和全世界免遭这场灾难。,
