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(3) A man trying to see a single atom would be somewhat like a man trying to see a single drop of water in the ocean while flying many miles above it.(如果一个人试图看见单个的原子,他就象是翱翔于茫茫大海之上许多英国的高空而试图看见大海中的一滴水那样。)

(4) A man with coals and candles and a pound a week might be in clover here (Dickens )。(在这里,一个人能有煤用,有蜡烛点,每周还有一镑收入,那可以过得舒舒服服的了。)^[4]

(五)名词或名词短语

名词或名词短语在英语学习者中比较深刻的印象是主语和宾语的功能。但凡事都有例外,名词或名词短语也可用来表示隐含的虚拟语气,起着与条件状语相同的作用。这种情况只能从上下文的语境中才能体会出来。例如:

(1)Ronald Reagan s arrival in the white house would mark an unabashed return to the presidency as it used to be, when working hours most days were 9 to 5, the first lady stayed out of sight in the east wing and governing best was taken to mean governing least.(如果罗纳德里根进入白宫的话,那就意味着白宫公然要恢复到以前老白宫的情景。那时,通常的办公时间是上午九点到下午五点,第一夫人不到白宫东翼串门,管得最好的政府被认为就是管得最少的政府。)^[4]

根据句意,这里的Ronald Reagan s arrival in the white house是一种假设情况,因为句子中所说的Ronald Reagan只是作为一名总统候选人,当时并没有入主白宫。由此可见,句子中所涉及的情况只是对将来情况的一种假设而已。

(2) Bertrand Russell wrote,“both, in words, acknowledge that a nuclear war would defeat the purpose of both parties equally.”(伯特兰.罗素写道:“两人在嘴上都承认,如果把发生一次核战争的话,双方的目的将一起落空。”)^[4]

(3)A Chinese would not do this.(这种事中国人是不会做的。)

根据句意,例句(2), (3)分别可以转换成虚拟条件句,即“If a nuclear war occurred, the purpose of both parties would be defeated equally.”和“If he were a Chinese, he would not do this.”

(六)形容词及形容词比较级

形容词是用来修饰名词的。但是形容词,特别是形容词的比较级形式(且一般没有明确的比较对象),其隐含作用不可忽视,必须对其深层意义进行深入分析和揣摩。根据句义,形容词或其比较级形式有时也可能表示假想的意味。下面句子中的形容词及其比较级形式表面上看是起定语的作用,但根据上下文,它们隐含着虚拟的或非真实条件。

(1)A foolish man would have done such a thing.

(傻子才会做出这样的事情。)^[5]

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