Unit 3  Understanding each other

unit 3  understanding each other
● grammar and usage
step 1: general introduction
the grammar items in this unit focus on unreal conditionals. unreal conditionals are used to express a condition or situation that is not real or is imaginary. you should pay attention to the forms of the predicate verbs in different tenses when you use sentences in unreal conditionals. you are expected to use unreal conditionals and how to use unreal conditionals correctly.
step 2: explana tion
1. read the following sentences.
 if my husband hadn’t been caught in the rain, he would not have got a fever.
nothing would have happened to him if he had not visited his friend on saturday
if i were you, i would not have visited the friend on saturday.
in the above sentences, what has been said is unreal. the verb forms like these can also be
called the subjunctive. can you find out in what cases the unreal conditionals are used? and can you say the sentences in another way, not using the unreal conditional s?
sample answers
(1) my husband was caught in the rain, so he got a fever.
(2) he visited his friend on saturday, so something happened to him.
(3) i am not you, so i visited the friend on saturday.
2. read point 4 to see how to form unreal conditionals of the present,  past of future time. use the three structures to translate some sentences.

(1) 如果我是一個學生，我將更加努力地學習。
(2) 如果你昨天去聽音樂會的話， 你將會遇到她了。
(3) 如果明天下雨的話，會議將會推遲。
sample answers
(1) if i were a doctor, i would save her life without hesitation.
(2) if you had gone to the concert yesterday, you would have met her.
(3) if it rained tomorrow, the meeting  would be put off.
3. please read point 3 and you will find out only should, were or had can be used in the inversion. change the fol lowing sentences into their normal order and compare the differences between the two types of sentences.
(1) should it rain tomorrow, we would not go outing.
(2) had you come earlier, you would have met my sister.
(3) were you to take the train, you would be there much sooner.
answers
(1) if it should rain tomorrow, we would not go outing.
(2) if you had come earlier, you would have met my sister.
(3) if you were to take the train, you would be there much sooner.

for reference
動詞的語氣——虛擬語氣
一、語氣的定義和種類
l、語氣：語氣是動詞的一種形式，它表示說話人對某一行為或事情的看法和態度。
2、語氣的種類：
(1)陳述語氣: 表示動作或狀態是現實的、確定的或符合事實的，用于陳述句、疑問句和某些感嘆句。如：we are not ready. 我們沒準備好。what a fine day it is! 多好的天氣啊!