Question

28. George would certainly have attended the proceedings .

28. George would certainly have attended the proceedings _______ .
A. if he didn’t get a flat tire B. if the flat tire hadn’t happened
C. had he not had a flat tire D. had the tire not flattened itself
Please translate

Answer 1

这是个虚拟语气的句子，表示本应该发生而没有发生的情况。
flat tire 漏了气的车胎

A 时态的问题
车胎漏气发生在前，除非是 George would certainly attend the proceedings， if he did not get a flat tire. 如果乔治的轮胎没有漏气的话，他肯定去参加仪式了。

B 不通，搭配问题
flat tire 怎么 happen

D 是我就去掉itself，轮胎变平（漏气）了，不应该是轮胎让自己变平了。

选择C
要是他的轮胎没有漏气，乔治（George）肯定已经参加这个仪式了。