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長難句閱讀障礙消除之：虛擬語氣
定義：
與真實情況相反。
1）定義
2）識別
3）處理
基本結構分類
If + had done, would/could/should/might + have done
示例：
Coke town was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and the ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage.
三、 與將來事實相反
If + 過去時/should/ were to, would/could/should/might + 動原
示例：
If, in future, railroads were to charge all customers the same average rate, they argue, shippers who have the option of switching to trucks or other forms of transportation would do so, leaving remaining customers to shoulder the cost of keeping up the line.
長難句閱讀障礙消除之：虛擬語氣
虛擬語氣需要注意小點：
1）定義
2）識別
3）處理
1.在虛擬語氣（非真實條件句中），要用were 來替代was
If I were girl, I would marry myself.
例1. Had he finished his work, he would have gone to the concert yesterday.
例2. Were I to go to the Mars some day, I could see the surface of it with my eyes open.
例3. Should it snow this afternoon, the flight would be cancelled.
作業:On the dust jacket of this fine book, Stephen Jay Gould says: “This book stands for reason itself.” And so it does -- and all would be well were reason the only judge in the creationism/evolution debate.
