885-3-10

joywzy

10.    For many people, household labor remains demanding even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle.
(A) even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
(B) despite being able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
(C) even if they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous
(D) although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous
(E) even if they are able to afford household appliances which would have been a miracle to their grandparents

答案:C,为何D不对呢?在C中,would have 是含蓄虚拟,D用would find 也可以啊???

另外,在OG中有两个虚拟的句子.

152.    When the technique known as gene-splicing was invented in the early 1970’s, it was feared that scientists might inadvertently create an “Andromeda strain,” a microbe never before seen on Earth that might escape from the laboratory and it would kill vast numbers of humans who would have no natural defenses against it.
(A) it would kill vast numbers of humans who would have no natural defenses against it
(B) it might kill vast numbers of humans with no natural defenses against it
(C) kill vast numbers of humans who would have no natural defenses against it
(D) kill vast numbers of humans who have no natural defenses against them
(E) kill vast numbers of humans with no natural defenses against them

215.    arliament did not accord full refugee benefits to twelve of the recent immigrants because it believed that to do it rewards them for entering the country illegally.
(A) to do it rewards
(B) doing it rewards
(C) to do this would reward
(D) doing so would reward
(E) to do it would reward


在含蓄虚拟语气中,would have doned, would do 是什么区别吗?谢谢.

joywzy

up.

mjiehu

the difference between "even if" and"although"
"although" never appears in the middle of a sentence

joywzy

以下是引用mjiehu在2003-10-29 9:05:00的发言：
the difference between "even if" and"although"
"although" never appears in the middle of a sentence

对啊.

那么,would have / would do 有什么区别吗?为何OG的两个表达不一样呢?

谢谢.

brunhild

第一题中， WOULD HAVE FOUND清楚的表达了：如果AFFORD HOUSHOLD APPLICATIONS 发生在their grandparents那时候，那爷爷奶奶们会有的反应。而WOULD FIND的时态与这个意思时间性不合
第二题主要是与前面的语态保持平行，后一题也是一种语气的表达

would have done与would do如果放在虚拟语态中，则一个用于对过去虚拟的主句中，一个用与对现在与将来虚拟的主句中。

joywzy

brunhild,

如何判断是对过去的虚拟还是对将来的虚拟？？？？

在OG215，主句是用过去时，可是虚拟用的是would do .可是，在OG152中，主句是过去时，虚拟用的是would have done .

这是怎么回事????

gemj

even if表达的是让步，意思是“即使能付得起。。。”，正确地表达了其实不是每个人都能付得起（好比说象我这么穷的美国人）

although表达的是转折。意思是“尽管能付得起。。。”，言外之意是每个人都能付得起，这个好象不对吧？

举双手赞同brunhild关于would have done与would do的区别。
注意joywzy所说的后两个句子都是would do结构。
我想判断的标准无非就是逻辑意思。

joywzy

以下是引用gemj在2003-10-29 20:47:00的发言：

注意joywzy所说的后两个句子都是would do结构。
我想判断的标准无非就是逻辑意思。

是我错了。

意思太重要了。

判断的标准能再讲讲吗？

885-3-10，主句用的是一般现在时，可虚拟用的是would have done,OG的两个句子，主句用的是一般过去时，可虚拟用的是would do。

你讲的逻辑意思是具体指什么啊？谢谢。

gemj

885-3-10中正如brunhild 所说的：

第一题中， WOULD HAVE FOUND清楚的表达了：如果AFFORD HOUSHOLD APPLICATIONS 发生在their grandparents那时候，那爷爷奶奶们会有的反应。而WOULD FIND的时态与这个意思时间性不合。

这里的时态不是与主句比。是要表达上述的意思。
WOULD HAVE FOUND是对“过去”情况的假设。

而下面的两个题目所表达的是对“现在”或“将来的假设”。与主句的时态关系不大。

joywzy

终于明白了。谢谢brunhild和gemj.