a dinner party晚宴;hostess n.女主人;sit next to sb.挨著某人坐;unsmiling adj.不茍言笑的;tight adj.緊身的;take one's seat (動詞短語)就座;fix on sth. (動詞結構)集中在……上;plate n.盤子;in a short time一會兒功夫;busy doing忙于做某事;make conversation with sb 與某人交談;in despair 絕望中,絕望之下
Part II:語法學習
1.直接引語與間接引語的相互轉換示例
示例1:I said to her, “A new play is coming to the Globe soon.”
I said to her that a new play was coming to the Globe soon.
示例2:I asked her, “Will you be seeing it?”
I asked her whether she would be seeing it.
示例3:“Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?” I asked her.
I asked her if she would be spending her holidays abroad that year.
示例4:“Will you be staying in England?” I asked her.
I asked her if she would be staying in England.
示例5:In despair, I asked her, “Are you enjoying your dinner?”
In despair, I asked her if she was enjoying her dinner.
示例6:“Young man,” she answered, “if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner.”
She answered that if I had eaten more and talked less, we would have both enjoyed our dinner.
2.虛擬語氣
承接剛剛講過的內容:虛擬語氣的本質就是“說廢話”。這里,我們開始探討“說廢話”的幾種情況:
第一,在表示虛擬的條件句中“對現在事實說廢話”,此時,主句也要做相應的變化予以配合。
示例:If I had a lot of money, I would buy a new car.(實際情況呢,沒錢!)
第二,在表示虛擬的條件句中“對過去事實說廢話”,此時,主句也要做相應的變化予以配合。
示例:If you had told me the truth earlier, I would not have acted like that.(實際情況呢,你沒告訴我,而我呢,也就那樣做了。
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