Question

关于虚拟语气

1、I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were sticken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life.
这句话中being 的意思，在此处的语法关系。
2、You would have missed the train if you had not hurried.
翻译一下这句话。
3、A：I don't like my mother-in-law.
B: Listen,don't you realize that you couldn't have your wife if it hadn't been for your mother-in-law?
A: Yes,that's why I don't like her.
翻译一下这句话，还有其中为什么用完成时。
4、We didn't know his telephone number,otherwise we would have telephoned him.
为什么用完成时，可以用一般现在时吗。

Answer 1

1."being"是名词 作“生命”讲
Human being固定搭配，表广义上的人,有别动物,植物等其它物种. Human being 人类

2.全句译:如果你"当时"不快点的话，就会错过那趟火车。

注:根据从句时态"have done"判断这是表对过去的虚拟,所以翻译时要注意强调过去时间.

3.翻译如下:
A:我不喜欢我的岳母
B:听着,你难道不明白如果当初没有你的岳母,就不可能有你的妻子吗?
A:是的,那就是为什么我不喜欢她的原因
(其实是想表达不喜欢现在的妻子但又不敢明说,这组对话有点冷幽默,呵呵!)
4.此句是一个含蓄条件句,主句是过去时态,而"otherwise"作"否则"讲,相当于作出了与过去事实相反的假设.
"otherwise" = If we have known his telephone number.故otherwise后面句子时态用了would have done形式。

Answer 2

1、being 跟human连在一起的 是human being 是人类的意思
2、如果你不匆忙的话， 你就会错过火车了。
3、A:我不喜欢我的岳母。
B：听着，你没有意识到如果没有你岳母的话，哪里来的你的妻子？
A：是的，这就是我为什么不喜欢她的原因。

4、虚拟语气都是要比陈述的语句的时态要晚一个，之前的语句用了过去式，那么虚拟语气就要用现在完成时，不可以用现在时。

Answer 3

听老师之间的对话学习虚拟语气