【英语早间课堂】If it had not been for,,,

【复习】

Last time we learned a sentence pattern which is : If + S had done, S should have done.这个句式是表示假设一个人在过去做某事或是处于某种状态，这个人或者是另外一个人本应该这样做但是而没有这样做。

【习题答案】

1 如果他那时赖账，你就应该通过法律渠道处理，而不是跟他硬拼致使两败俱伤。

If he had repudiated¹ a debt, you should have taken him into court rather than having a desperate fight with him to go blind.

2 如果那时候我知道我的女儿在钢琴上很有天赋，我就该加班加点挣钱为她买台钢琴。

If I had been aware of my daughter's genius in playing piano, I should have worked overtime² to buy a piano for her.

【今日主题】

And this morning I would like to share a new sentence pattern with you. It is : If it had not been for... , S wouldn't ( couldn't might not) have done. 这个句式是表示在过去（某人或某事）要不是如何， 某人或某事就不会（不能够，不可能）有过去的结果。如果我们假设现在某人或某事要不是如何， 某人或某事就不会（不能够，不可能）有现在的结果。The sentence pattern is : If S weren't for... , S wouldn't( couldn't, might not) do. What's more, we can make it a sentence in inverted³ order when talking of it. 那么同样在今天的句型中，可以使用倒装句式。The sentence structure is: Had it not been for..., S wouldn't (couldn't , might not) have done. 如何倒装呢？还是“两步曲”：一是把if省略，二是把had提到句首，其余语序均不变。

Mary 可说是教学上的“泰斗”，可是一向教学很差的Tin就成了政教主任了，Mary心里有些不平衡就和同事Jenny聊起了此事。Jenny告诉她如果想当官的话，要经常到领导家中走走坐坐，光靠自己的教学实力还是不够的。Mary就真这样做了近半年，果然当上了副校长。她不由感叹道：If it hadn't been for Jenny, I wouldn't have understood it. 要不是没有Jenny,我是不好明白这个的。此句话言外之意就是：Just because of Jenny's advice I knew how should I behave for a promotion⁴. 正是因为有了她的建议，我才知道提升当官还有这门学问的。我们来看一下倒装句：Had it not been for Jenny, I wouldn't have understood it.

Juliet是个舞蹈者，练功过于勤奋，那会儿把腰给弄着了，疼痛不已，站不直也蹲不下，由于母亲的细心照料，很快就好了，没有留下后遗症。当现在的圈内人说她真会保养，没有留下职业病时，她说：If it weren't for my mother's meticulous⁵ care, I might not have gotten right so soon. 如果没有我母亲的悉心照顾，我是不好得那么快的。此句话言外之意就是：Just because of my mother's meticulous care I got well so soon. 我们来看一下倒装句：Had it not for my mother's meticulous care, I might not have gotten right so soon.

【温故知新】

Please translate the following sentences into English in two ways.

1 要不是有你及时的帮助，我们会陷入严重的困境。

2 要不是你当时及时控制住了你的情绪，你或许会做出傻事儿出来。

3 要不是有他们的支持，我们是不会获得选举的。

4 要不是你当年不努力读书，你那时就是个大学生了。

 

转自可可英语

 

1 repudiated   

v.（正式地）否认( repudiate的过去式和过去分词 )；拒绝接受；拒绝与…往来；拒不履行（法律义务）

参考例句：

• All slanders and libels should be repudiated. 一切诬蔑不实之词，应予推倒。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The Prime Minister has repudiated racist remarks made by a member of the Conservative Party. 首相已经驳斥了一个保守党成员的种族主义言论。 来自辞典例句

2 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。

3 inverted   

adj.反向的，倒转的v.使倒置，使反转( invert的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Only direct speech should go inside inverted commas. 只有直接引语应放在引号内。
• Inverted flight is an acrobatic manoeuvre of the plane. 倒飞是飞机的一种特技动作。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

5 meticulous   

adj.极其仔细的，一丝不苟的

参考例句：

• We'll have to handle the matter with meticulous care.这事一点不能含糊。
• She is meticulous in her presentation of facts.她介绍事实十分详细。