揭秘第二条件句！- 英语迷你微课：英语精读讲义

Yusuf Ahmed has introduced us to a wild world of strange alien second conditional structures. 講解

Yusuf Ahmed为我们介绍了一个关于奇怪外星第二条件句结构的狂野世界。

Watch my wild interview with him after the break. 文化背景

广告之后，请看我对他进行的狂野采访。

You might think you know everything there is to know about the second conditional. 短語搭配

你可能认为自己已经了解了关于第二条件句的一切。

If I had a time machine, 語法

如果我有一台时光机，

I'd go to the year 3024.

我会去3024年。

If I had a spaceship,

如果我有一艘宇宙飞船，

I'd explore a distant planet.

我会去探索一个遥远的星球。

You know,

你知道的，

if plus the past simple and would plus the infinitive. 用詞

if加上一般过去时，再加上would加上动词原形。

But watch this wild interview with Yusuf Ahmed.

但是看看这个对Yusuf Ahmed的狂野采访吧。

He's going to show you three alternatives.

他将向你展示三种不同的选择。

It's the second conditional as you've never seen it before. 表達脈絡

这是你以前从未见过的第二条件句。

The one, 短語搭配

独一无二的，

the only Yusuf Ahmed.

Yusuf Ahmed。

You've just finished work on Silent Planet. 短語搭配

你刚刚完成了《Silent Planet》的工作。

In that film,

在那部电影中，

you wake up 1,000 years in the future. 短語動詞

你在1000年后的未来醒来。

You're the only man alive.

你是唯一活着的人。

It's taken the world by storm. 習語

这部电影风靡全球。

But tell me, Yusuf,

但是告诉我，Yusuf，

what would you do if you woke up 1,000 years in the future and you were the only man alive? 語法

如果你在1000年后的未来醒来并且是唯一活着的人，你会怎么做？

Well,

嗯，

if it were me, 短語搭配

如果是我，

I would be searching high and low for any signs of intelligent life. 講解

我会到处寻找任何智慧生命的迹象。

You see,

你看，

my character gives up, 短語動詞

我的角色放弃了，

but I wouldn't. 語法

但我不会。

What places would you want to explore?

你想去探索哪些地方？

Oh,

哦，

my hometown.

我的家乡。

If it hadn't been destroyed, 語法

如果它没有被摧毁，

I'd stay days, months, even years there. 表達脈絡

我会在那里待上几天、几个月，甚至几年。

Eventually,

最终，

you find a city full of strange alien beings.

你发现了一个充满奇怪外星生物的城市。

Would you stick around with them? 短語動詞

你会留下来和他们在一起吗？

If they were fighting wars and destroying the planet, 語法

如果他们正在打仗并破坏着这个星球，

I think I'd move on. 短語動詞

我想我会继续前进。

But if they had found a way to live in harmony, 講解

但如果他们找到了和谐相处的方法，

I think I might stick around for a while. 語法

我想我可能会留下来待一会儿。

Did you hear those wild conditionals?

你听到那些狂野的条件句了吗？

First,

首先，

he says,

他说，

"If it were me,

“如果是我的话，

I'd be searching high and low for any signs of life."

我会到处寻找生命的迹象。”

Okay,

好的，

if plus past simple,

if加一般过去时，

now great, great.

现在，很好，很好。

But would plus be plus -ing? 語法

但是would加be加-ing？

It's wild.

太疯狂了。

You see,

你看，

Yusuf wants to show that this is an ongoing activity with no clear beginning or end, 用詞

Yusuf想表达这是一个没有明确起点或终点的持续性动作，

and the -ing form is perfect for this.

而-ing形式正好完美契合这一点。

He also uses the past continuous in the if clause. 用詞

他还在if从句中使用了过去进行时。

He says,

他说，

"If they were fighting wars and destroying the planet,

“如果他们正在打仗并破坏着这个星球，

I'd move on."

我会继续前进。”

Again,

同样，

he wants to show that these are ongoing activities with no clear beginning or end,

他想表达这是没有明确起点或终点的持续性动作，

and the past continuous is ideal for that.

而过去进行时对此非常理想。

And here's another shocker. 表達脈絡

这里还有一个令人震惊的地方。

He uses the past perfect in the if clause. 用詞

他在if从句中使用了过去完成时。

He says,

他说，

"If it hadn't been destroyed,

“如果它没有被摧毁，

I'd stay there for days, months, or even years."

我会在那里待上几天、几个月，甚至几年。”

In his imagination,

在他的想象中，

Yusuf is in the future.

Yusuf身处未来。

And if his house has not been destroyed,

如果他的房子没有被摧毁，

he will stay there for days, months, or years.

他将在那里待上几天、几个月，甚至几年。

But why the past perfect,

但你可能会问，为什么要用过去完成时。

I hear you say. 語氣意圖

我听到你这么说了。

Well,

好的，

it's because when we're talking about unreal or imaginary situations, 語法

这是因为当我们在谈论不真实或想象的情况时，

often we shift the tense back. 用詞

我们通常会将时态后退。

So the present perfect becomes the past perfect. 語法

所以现在完成时变成了过去完成时。

And he does it again because he says,

然后他又做了一次，因为他说，

"If they had found a way to live in harmony,

“如果他们找到了和谐相处的方法，

I'd stick around for a while,

我想我会留下来待一会儿，

I think."

我想。”

In his imagination,

在他的想象中，

he is in the future.

他身处未来。

And if these strange beings have found a way to solve things like war and pollution,

如果这些奇怪的生物找到了解决战争和污染等问题的方法，

well,

嗯，

you'll stick around.

你会留下来的。

So,

那么，

back to you, interviewer. 表達脈絡

把时间交还给你，采访者。

Well,

好了，

now it's time for you to boldly go where few have gone before. 文化背景

现在是你勇敢前往前人未至之境的时候了。

Share your stories in the chat.

在聊天室分享你的故事。

Answer the questions.

回答这些问题。

If you woke up 1,000 years in the future and you were the last person alive,

如果你在1000年后的未来醒来并且是最后活着的人，

what would you do?

你会怎么做？

What places would you want to explore?

你想去探索哪些地方？

If you found a city full of strange alien beings,

如果你发现了一个充满奇怪外星生物的城市，

would you stick around?

你会留下来吗？

Put your answers in the chat.

把你的答案写在聊天室里。

Let your imagination run wild. 習語

让你的想象力尽情驰骋吧。