We didn't know his telephone number, otherwise we would have telephoned him.
我们不知道他的电话号码,否则我们就会给他打电话。
七、有时,虚拟条件句中,主、从句可以省略其中的一个,来表示说话人的一种强烈的感情。
① 省略从句
He would have finished it. 他本该完成了。
You could have passed this exam. 你本能通过这次考试的。
② 省略主句
If I were at home now. 要是我现在在家里该多好啊。
If only I had got it. 要是只有我得到它了该多好啊。
八.Wish后面的宾语从句
1、表示与现在事实相反的愿望,谓语动词用过去式
I wish I had your brains. 我希望我有你那样的头脑。(事实:我根本比不上你)
2、表示与过去事实相反的愿望,谓语动词:had + done
I wish I had known the truth of the matter. 我希望我那时就知道这件事情的真相。
3、表示将来难以实现的愿望,谓语动词: should / would(情态动词) + 动词原形
I wish I should have a chance again.我希望我还能有一次这样的机会。
注:if only引导的感叹句和as if / as though引导的状语从句也有相同用法
IV.当堂检测
1. If only he ____ quietly as the doctor instructed, he would not suffer so much now.
A. lies B. lay C. had lain D. should lie
2. How I wish every family ____ a large house with a beautiful garden.
A. has B. had C. will have D. had had
3. You did not let me drive. If we ____in turn, you ____ so tired
A. drove; didn't get B. drove; wouldn't get
C. were driving; wouldn't get D. had driven ; wouldn't have got
4. _____it rain tomorrow, we would have to put off the visit to the Yangpu Bridge
A. Were B. Should C. Would D. Will
5. I suggested the person _____ to be put into prison A. refers B. referring C. referred D. refer
6. When a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it looks as if it____
A. breaks B. has broken C. were broken D. had been broken
7. I wish I ____here then A. was B. had been C. were D. would be