asif用法小结

　　We can use weere instead of was when we express 'unreal' ideas after as if/though. This is common in a formal style.

　　a. She talks as if she were rich.

英语口语常用句型|I feel as if

　　Like is often used instead of as if/though, especially in American English. This is very informal.

　　a. It looks like it's going to rain.

　　第四十五课

　　I feel as if...

　　我觉得好像······

　　用法透视

　　这个句型的含义与“I feel...”相同，但要注意“as if”后的从句中多用虚拟语气。

　　支持范例

　　1. I feel as if my head were bursting.

　　我觉得头好像要炸开了。

　　2. I felt as if I had lost the most precious thing forever.

　　我觉得好像永远地失去了最珍贵的东西。

　　3. I feel as if I had waken from a nightmare.

　　我觉得好像刚从噩梦中醒来。

　　会话记忆

　　A: Why are you so crazy about bird-watching? What do you get out of it?

　　你为什么对赏鸟那么喜爱?你能从中得到什么?

　　B: Looking at the beautiful creatures and listening to their songs are such wonderful experiences. I feel as if I'm in direct contact with nature.

　　观赏这些美丽的生物，聆听它们的歌唱是极美妙的经历。我觉得就像与大自然直接接触。

　　A: Really?

　　真的吗?

　　B: You bet. You should try it yourself.

　　当然。你应该亲自体验一下。

虚拟语气as if...were, but for 用法

　　英文中的as if … were, but for 都可以用在虚拟语气中。今天北鼎教育和大家温习一下它们的用法。童鞋们可以看一下例句，学会使用这两个结构造句。

　　…but for his alertness, he must have been smashed beneath it.

　　…but the muck suckedviciously at his foot as if it were a giant leech.

　　Ifthis were France, all the country would bein bloody revolution by twenty-four hours.

　　1. 如果我遇到他那样的情况，但愿我能做同样的事。

　　I wish I could do the same thing if Iwere under his circumstances.

　　2. 要不是有来自太阳的热量，地球早就冻成冰球了。

　　But for the heat fromthe sun, the earth would have been a frozen ball.

　　3. 令他父母感到惊讶的是，那男孩像喝橙汁一样把药汤喝了下去。

　　Much to his parents’surprise, the boy took the liquid medicine as if it were orange juice.

　　4. 我要是个小伙子，上个月我就参加那次登山活动了。

　　If I were a young man,I would have gone on the mountaineering expedition last month.

　　5. 要不是没完没了的电话打扰，他已经写完报告了。

　　But for theinterruption of endless phone calls, he would have completed the report.

　　6. 头等奖获得者从我们身边走过，头抬得高高的，好像她从来就不认识我们似的。

　　The first-prize winnerwalked past us, with her head held high, as if she had never known us.

　　7. 这事要是公布于众，执政党的名誉就会严重受损。

　　The governing/rulingparty’s reputation would be seriously damaged if this were ever made public.

　　8. 这些年来，那位护士总是很细心地照顾年轻患者，好像他们是自己的孩子一样。

　　Throughout the years,the nurse has always treated young patients very carefully as if they were herown children.

　　9. 要不是你的那篇文章，我根本不会知道世上还有如此宁静、风景如画的村庄。

　　I would not know thereexists such a quiet and picturesque village but for your article.

　　10. 天亮之前，地震发生了，全城都在摇晃，就像被捏在一个巨大的拳头中。

　　Before dawn anearthquake struck and the entire city seemed to shake as if (it were) in thegrip of a giant fist.