087. What if...?
要是……怎么辦?
[句型解析]
該句型表示對事情該怎么辦作出猜測,語氣雖顯憂慮,但未雨綢繆總能以防萬一。要注意的是“if”后應(yīng)該用一般現(xiàn)在時,且為陳述句語序。
[實例]
1. What if it rains when we have no umbrella with us?
要是下雨,我們又沒帶傘怎么辦?
2. What if they are against us?
要是他們反對我們,怎么辦?
3. What if we get lost in the jungle?
如果我們在叢林里迷失了方向怎么辦?
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)余時間掙點錢怎么辦?
[實戰(zhàn)練習(xí)]
A: Did you hear the weather forecaster抯 prediction for rain tomorrow?
你聽到說明天有雨的天氣預(yù)報了嗎?
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,因為它們經(jīng)常是錯的。
A: But what if he’s right?
但如果他是對的呢?
B: I guess we’ll have to change our plans for tomorrow.
我猜想我們到時候得改變明天的計劃了。
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。