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| 第9輯 第14課 What would you do if you were me? |
| 相信每一個人都有「啞巴吃黃蓮，有苦說不清。」的經驗。其實有很多事情真的很難用語言來解釋清楚，所以希望朋友能夠將心比心來體諒我們，英文叫："What would you do if you were me?"「如果你是我的話你會怎麼做呢？」 沒想到「將心比心」也會被翻譯成英文，除了"What would you do if you were me?"之外，還有其他幾個說法，你也可以說："What would you do if you were in my shoes?"「如果你站在我的立場，你會怎麼做呢？」或者是："What would you do if you were in my position?"或者是"What would you do if you were in my situation?"「如果你遇到相同情況，你會怎麼做呢？」 |
| 對話 A：I can´t put up with this anymore. 甲：我再也不能容忍了。 B：What´s happened? Was John drunk again? 乙：發生甚麼事呀？約翰又飲醉酒嗎？ A：Yes, he got back at almost four this morning. What would you do if you were me? 甲：嗯，他今晨四時才回來。如果你是我，你會怎麼做？ B：I´d lock the door and sleep. 乙：我會把門鎖上和倒頭大睡。 A：Well, I knocked him out. 甲：嗯，我把他揍了一頓。 |
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| 假如子句 今天要談假如子句(if-clause)的三種句式。 第一種是「If + 現在式動詞(present tense) + will」，說現在或未來可能發生的事，例如：If he knows, he will tell me.（假如他知道，就會告訴我。）換言之，他可能知道，也可能不知道。 第二種是「If +過去式動詞 (past tense) + would」，說現在或未來不可能或不會發生的事，例如：If he knew / If he were here, he would tell me.（萬一他知道 / 假如他在這裡，他就會告訴我。）這一句表示「他不可能知道」、「他目前不在這裡」。留意這種if子句的I, she, he, it之後用were，用was雖然也可以，但不是正式用法。 第三種是「If +過去完成式動詞 (past perfect tense) + would have」，說過去未有發生、純粹假設的情況，例如：If he had known, he would have told me.（假如他當時知道，就會告訴我。）換言之，他當時不知道，自然沒有告訴我。 甲女士恨丈夫今早四點鐘才醉醺醺回家，問乙女士：What would you do if you were in my shoes?（你是我的話，以後會怎麼辦？）這是商量日後治夫大計。假如她要問「你是我的話，今早會怎麼辦？」那是說過去的假設情況，應用第三種句 式：What would you have done if you had been in my shoes?乙女士可以回答說：I would have thrown a bucket of cold water on him.（我會拿起一桶冷水潑到他身上。） |
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資料來源：生活美語（點我看真人對話）
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