第三个例子,出自 Walter Bupp 的小说 Card Trick:: }+ i- z8 B# r6 {- T2 g( X, v3 I
6 ~7 `8 u. g8 a* N"I'm not a psi?" I demanded.
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"Not if you were really trying," she said. "Were you?"
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"You think I want to be a psi?"
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第四个例子,出自 Amy Le Feuvre 的小说 Bulbs and Blossoms:8 \( g& d; i) B* z
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'You never let winter come here, do you?'
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, ?# t1 o: @. z'Not if I can help it,' said James with a dry chuckle. " B; i. g' W5 a+ z: r& M2 J
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第五个例子,出自匿名作家的小说 Forbidden Fruit:
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: e" l. z4 x6 c9 M"Oh, Mary, I've done it for you; that will make a baby the image of myself."5 q; M( i, Z* s7 V
0 G, p; @ G6 Z"Not if I can prevent it, Percy, the very last time I went to the chemist's I bought an enema and some sulphate of zinc, so you will see I don't want any babies; if you only knew what an awful thing it is for an unmarried girl to have one, you would not wish to have it happen to me."+ T# {+ n' W8 z& f
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注意体会 Not if 后何时用虚拟语气,何时不用。 |