a dinner party晚宴；hostess n.女主人；sit next to sb.挨着某人坐；unsmiling adj.不苟言笑的；tight adj.紧身的；take one's seat （动词短语）就座；fix on sth. （动词结构）集中在……上；plate n.盘子；in a short time一会儿功夫；busy doing忙于做某事；make conversation with sb 与某人交谈；in despair 绝望中，绝望之下

　　Part II：语法学习

　　1.直接引语与间接引语的相互转换示例

　　示例1：I said to her, “A new play is coming to the Globe soon.”

　　　 　　I said to her that a new play was coming to the Globe soon.

　　示例2：I asked her, “Will you be seeing it?”

　 　　　　I asked her whether she would be seeing it.

　　示例3：“Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?” I asked her.

　 　　　　I asked her if she would be spending her holidays abroad that year.

　　示例4：“Will you be staying in England?” I asked her.

　 　　　　I asked her if she would be staying in England.

　　示例5：In despair, I asked her, “Are you enjoying your dinner?”

　 　　　　In despair, I asked her if she was enjoying her dinner.

　　示例6：“Young man,” she answered, “if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner.”

　 　　　　She answered that if I had eaten more and talked less, we would have both enjoyed our dinner.

　　2.虚拟语气

　　承接刚刚讲过的内容：虚拟语气的本质就是“说废话”。这里，我们开始探讨“说废话”的几种情况：

　　第一，在表示虚拟的条件句中“对现在事实说废话”，此时，主句也要做相应的变化予以配合。

　　示例：If I had a lot of money, I would buy a new car.（实际情况呢，没钱！）

　　第二，在表示虚拟的条件句中“对过去事实说废话”，此时，主句也要做相应的变化予以配合。

　　示例：If you had told me the truth earlier, I would not have acted like that.（实际情况呢，你没告诉我，而我呢，也就那样做了！）

 

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