<General Verb>
1. Uncertain present condition:
If you
make
a mistake, you should admit
it.
如果你犯了錯,你應該承認它。
2. Uncertain future condition:
If you
ask whether we will
travel to the stars, the answer is probably yes, but it
will take
a long time.
如果你問說我們是否能夠飛抵別的恆星,答案大概是肯定的,但要很久才能實現。
3. Contrast to present condition:
If international trade
became
free, the more efficient producers
would push
the less efficient producers out of business.
如果國際商業變得自由,較有能力的生產者就會迫使較沒能力的生產者無法做生意。
4. Contrast to past condition:
If he
had had
enough money, he would have
bought the house.
如果他有足夠的錢的話,他早就已經買了那棟房子。
<Verb
Be>
1.
Uncertain present condition:
If
he
is
industrious, he won’t
be in
distress.
如果他勤勞的話,他就不會處於痛苦之中。
2.
Uncertain future condition:
If
I am
free, I will
go
to see the musical drama with you next Monday.
如果我有空的話,下週一我就會和你一起去看那場音樂劇。
3.
Contrast to present condition:
If
I were
you, I
would try
one of the newspaper stands.
如果我是你,我會到其中一個書報攤去試試看。
4.
Contrast to past condition:
If
you had
been
honest with your parents to begin with, you wouldn’t
be
in this pickle now.
如果當初一開始你就跟你父母說實話,現在你也不會陷入這樣的麻煩裡了。
<Wish>
1.
Contrast to present condition:
I
wish
I could
do
this.
我希望我能夠做這件事。
I
wish
I were
as rich as you are.
我希望能夠與你一樣的富有。
2.
Contrast to past condition:
I
wish
I had
bought
the house last year.
我希望我去年就已經買了這棟房子。
I
wish
he had
been
at the meeting last week.
我希望他上週人有在那場會議。
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