【序言】

各位聽眾朋友，這里是可可英語可可之聲晨間7點檔英語課堂。我是Juliet。新的一天，新的開始，不妨帶著您的一份美好的心情進入Juliet的ABC英語課堂，讓您美好充實的生活從現在就開始。

【昨日重現】

Last time we learned a sentence pattern which is : Somebody does as if somebody did. 我們說過了，這個是一個含有表語從句的復合句，主句用一般現在時，表語從句用一般過去時。主語和從句的時態體現了虛擬語氣在表語從句中的運用，昨天我們學的是對現在情況的主觀認為，并不是客觀事實，也就是說從句中所表述的事情與現實相反，謂語結構如上所述。凡是由as if引導的表語從句幾乎是要使用虛擬語氣。（當然有特例，今后會學到。）

【習題答案】

1 她這樣對待她的女兒，好像這女兒不是她生的。

She treats her daughter like that as if she wasn't hers.

2 他表現得好像他是這個地方的主人。

He behaves as if he owned the house.

3 她談起來仿佛她知道他在那兒似的。

She talks as if she knew where he was.

【今日主題】

Let's look at the answer to the first exercise: She treats her daughter like that as if she wasn't hers. 這句話中as if引導的從句的謂語是was。So , we can have another sentence pattern: Somebody does as if somebody was..。今天的重點就是在這個從句中的謂語was上面。昨天我們的從句中是did，它是實義動詞，如果是系動詞，我要懂得靈活地把系動詞變為一般過去式。Let's look at another example sentence：She said nothing but sat there as if she were in a trance [trɑ:ns] (n.恍惚；出神) 她話也不說, 坐在那里好像在發呆?！?she是第三人稱單數，為什么這里用were, 例句中的不是was嗎？】That's a good question. 在虛擬條件句中，我們說過了，如果主語是第三人稱單數，謂語可以用were，也可以用was. Have you got it?

The above complex sentence is from two simple sentences. They are : She said nothing but sat there. It is as if she were in a trance. 所以如果是從這個角度來說的話，as if 引導的就是表語從句。所以現在語法專家持有異議。

Let's look at more example sentences. I remember it vividly as if it were tonight （In fact, it doesn't happen tonight. ）. 我清楚地記得這事兒。這事兒就好像發生在今晚。She stares at me as if she were angry with me about it . ( In fact she was not angry. ) 她盯著我，好像生氣了。Now let change the above two sentences into two simple sentences. The first one is : I remember it vividly. It is as if it were tonight. The second one is : She stares at me. It is as if she were angry with me about it.