087. What if...?
要是……怎么辦?
[句型解析]
該句型表示對(duì)事情該怎么辦作出猜測(cè),語(yǔ)氣雖顯憂慮,但未雨綢繆總能以防萬(wàn)一。要注意的是“if”后應(yīng)該用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí),且為陳述句語(yǔ)序。
[實(shí)例]
1. What if it rains when we have no umbrella with us?
要是下雨,我們又沒(méi)帶傘怎么辦?
2. What if they are against us?
要是他們反對(duì)我們,怎么辦?
3. What if we get lost in the jungle?
如果我們?cè)趨擦掷锩允Я朔较蛟趺崔k?
4. What if they don’t approve of our earning some money in our spare time?
要是他們不贊成我們業(yè)余時(shí)間掙點(diǎn)錢怎么辦?
[實(shí)戰(zhàn)練習(xí)]
A: Did you hear the weather forecaster抯 prediction for rain tomorrow?
你聽(tīng)到說(shuō)明天有雨的天氣預(yù)報(bào)了嗎?
B: Yeah, but I never believe the weather reports because they are usually wrong.
是的,但我從不信天氣預(yù)報(bào),因?yàn)樗鼈兘?jīng)常是錯(cuò)的。
A: But what if he’s right?
但如果他是對(duì)的呢?
B: I guess we’ll have to change our plans for tomorrow.
我猜想我們到時(shí)候得改變明天的計(jì)劃了。
A: That means we can’t go to the beach.
那我們就不能去海灘了。
B: Only if it rains.
只要天下雨。