揭開第二條件句的秘密！- 英語迷你微課：英語精讀講義

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

Yusuf Ahmed為我們介紹了一個關於奇怪外星第二條件句結構的狂野世界。

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

廣告之後，請看我對他進行的狂野採訪。

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

你可能認為自己已經了解了關於第二條件句的一切。

If I had a time machine, 文法

如果我有一台時光機，

I'd go to the year 3024.

我會去3024年。

If I had a spaceship,

如果我有一艘宇宙飛船，

I'd explore a distant planet.

我會去探索一個遙遠的星球。

You know,

你知道的，

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

if加上一般過去式，再加上would加上動詞原形。

But watch this wild interview with Yusuf Ahmed.

但是看看這個對Yusuf Ahmed的狂野採訪吧。

He's going to show you three alternatives.

他將向你展示三種不同的選擇。

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

這是你以前從未見過的第二條件句。

The one, 片語搭配

獨一無二的，

the only Yusuf Ahmed.

Yusuf Ahmed。

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

你剛剛完成了《Silent Planet》的工作。

In that film,

在那部電影中，

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

你在1000年後的未來醒來。

You're the only man alive.

你是唯一活著的人。

It's taken the world by storm. 慣用語

這部電影風靡全球。

But tell me, Yusuf,

但是告訴我，Yusuf，

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

如果你在1000年後的未來醒來並且是唯一活著的人，你會怎麼做？

Well,

嗯，

if it were me, 片語搭配

如果是我，

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

我會到處尋找任何智慧生命的跡象。

You see,

你看，

my character gives up, 片語動詞

我的角色放棄了，

but I wouldn't. 文法

但我不會。

What places would you want to explore?

你想去探索哪些地方？

Oh,

喔，

my hometown.

我的家鄉。

If it hadn't been destroyed, 文法

如果它沒有被摧毀，

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

我會在那裡待上幾天、幾個月，甚至幾年。

Eventually,

最終，

you find a city full of strange alien beings.

你發現了一個充滿奇怪外星生物的城市。

Would you stick around with them? 片語動詞

你會留下來和他們在一起嗎？

If they were fighting wars and destroying the planet, 文法

如果他們正在打仗並破壞著這個星球，

I think I'd move on. 片語動詞

我想我會繼續前進。

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

但如果他們找到了和諧相處的方法，

I think I might stick around for a while. 文法

我想我可能會留下來待一會兒。

Did you hear those wild conditionals?

你聽到那些狂野的條件句了嗎？

First,

首先，

he says,

他說，

"If it were me,

「如果是我的話，

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

我會到處尋找生命的跡象。」

Okay,

好的，

if plus past simple,

if加一般過去式，

now great, great.

現在，很好，很好。

But would plus be plus -ing? 文法

但是would加be加-ing？

It's wild.

太瘋狂了。

You see,

你看，

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

Yusuf想表達這是一個沒有明確起點或終點的持續性動作，

and the -ing form is perfect for this.

而-ing形式正好完美契合這一點。

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

他還在if子句中使用了過去進行式。

He says,

他說，

"If they were fighting wars and destroying the planet,

「如果他們正在打仗並破壞著這個星球，

I'd move on."

我會繼續前進。」

Again,

同樣，

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

他想表達這是沒有明確起點或終點的持續性動作，

and the past continuous is ideal for that.

而過去進行式對此非常理想。

And here's another shocker. 表達脈絡

這裡還有一個令人震驚的地方。

He uses the past perfect in the if clause. 用詞

他在if子句中使用了過去完成式。

He says,

他說，

"If it hadn't been destroyed,

「如果它沒有被摧毀，

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

我會在那裡待上幾天、幾個月，甚至幾年。」

In his imagination,

在他的想像中，

Yusuf is in the future.

Yusuf身處未來。

And if his house has not been destroyed,

如果他的房子沒有被摧毀，

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

他將在那裡待上幾天、幾個月，甚至幾年。

But why the past perfect,

但你可能會問，為什麼要用過去完成式。

I hear you say. 語氣意圖

我聽到你這麼說了。

Well,

好的，

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

這是因為當我們在談論不真實或想像的情況時，

often we shift the tense back. 用詞

我們通常會將時態後退。

So the present perfect becomes the past perfect. 文法

所以現在完成式變成了過去完成式。

And he does it again because he says,

然後他又做了一次，因為他說，

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

「如果他們找到了和諧相處的方法，

I'd stick around for a while,

我想我會留下來待一會兒，

I think."

我想。」

In his imagination,

在他的想像中，

he is in the future.

他身處未來。

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

如果這些奇怪的生物找到了解決戰爭和污染等問題的方法，

well,

嗯，

you'll stick around.

你會留下來的。

So,

那麼，

back to you, interviewer. 表達脈絡

把時間交還給你，採訪者。

Well,

好了，

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

現在是你勇敢前往前人未至之境的時候了。

Share your stories in the chat.

在聊天室分享你的故事。

Answer the questions.

回答這些問題。

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

如果你在1000年後的未來醒來並且是最後活著的人，

what would you do?

你會怎麼做？

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,

如果你發現了一個充滿奇怪外星生物的城市，

would you stick around?

你會留下來嗎？

Put your answers in the chat.

把你的答案寫在聊天室裡。

Let your imagination run wild. 慣用語

讓你的想像力盡情馳騁吧。