(优)含蓄虚拟条件句.pptVIP

由 without 引导的含蓄虚拟条件句 有时虚拟条件不用从句，而是通过上下文或用介词短语等表示出来，这种句子叫含蓄虚拟条件句。Without，but for，otherwise，or等词引导的含蓄虚拟条件句往往可以改写成由if引导的虚拟条件句。 eg. Without air，human being would not be able to survive. （=If there were no air…） 如果没有空气，人类将无法生存 But for your timely help，we should not have completed this difficult task. (=If it hadn’t been for your timely help…) 要不是你及时帮助，我们就完成不了这项艰巨的任务 He was on business in Beijing at that time，otherwise he might have helped us. （=If he hadn’t been on business in Beijing at that time… ） 他那时候在北京出差，不然他可能就帮我们了。 eg：Luckily Mary telephone to inform me of the meeting，or I would have