在上一期的英文老歌 Because I love you 中我们认识了虚拟语气非常常见的 if 条件句型,大家还记得吗,如何表达“如果我双膝跪下向你恳求,如果我横越海洋,只为与你相守,你是否会拒绝我?”
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在上面的答案中,黑体字标明的就是 if 类虚拟语气要注意的动词形式。注意,在对“现在”时间的虚拟语气表达中,if 条件从句谓语动词用过去式的形式,主句谓语动词用 would+do 的形式。
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NO:1
今天我们仍然会在十分轻松的气氛下,边享受音乐边学习虚拟语气的其他用法。首先我们先来听一首欧美经典老歌,来自 Bryan Adams 的 Everything I Do, I Do It For You。
Everything I Do,I Do It For You
这是加拿大歌手 Bryan Adams 的成名曲。1991年,随着影片《罗宾汉》的成功也使得这部影片的主题曲 "Everything I Do,I Do It for you" 成了一首红极一时的流行金曲,而且该歌曲创下了在美国的单曲排行榜上连续七周第一,15 周内就销售了300万张的好成绩。
歌词如下(请上下滑动查阅):
Look into my eyes
看着我的双眼
You will see what you mean to me
你就会知道你对我意味着什么
Search your heart search your soul
在你的心中寻找,在你的灵魂中寻找
And when you find me there you'll search no more
当你找到我的时候,你就无须再寻觅
Don't tell me it's not worth trying for
不要告诉我那不值得一试
You can't tell me it's not worth dying for
不要说那不值得为之付出生命
You know it's true
你知道它是真的
Everything I do
我所做的一切
I do it for you
都是为你
Look into your heart
看着你的心
You will find there's nothing there to hide
你会发现那里没有东西隐藏
Take me as I am take my life
带走我—带走我本身,带走我的生命吧!
I would give it all I would sacrifice
我会牺牲所有
Don't tell me it's not worth fighting for
不要告诉我不值得为它而战
I can't help it there's nothing I want more
我不能自已,我别无他求
You know it's true
你知道它是真的
Everything I do
我所做的一切
I do it for you
都是为你
There's no love
那里没有
Like your love
像你的爱一样的爱
And no other
也没有其他人
Could give more love
能如你般给我更多的爱
There's no where
没有任何人
Unless you're there
除了你
All the time all the way
不管何时不管何地
Ah you can't tell me it's not worth trying for
你不能告诉我那不值得努力
I can't help it there's nothing I want more
我不能自已,我别无他求
Yeah I would fight for you
我会为你而战
I'd lie for you
为你而死
Walk the wire for you
为你赴汤蹈火
Yeah I'd die for you
为你而死
You know it's true
你知道它是真的
Everything I do
我所做的一切
I do it for you
都是为你
分析讲解,NO:1
请看这句 “Take me as I am take my life. I would give it all. I would sacrifice. ” 首先一个祈使句开头,让你带走我,带走我的生命。这里的 as I am 就是强调把我整体带走,原模原样地带走,说明作者毫无保留。紧接着用一个虚拟语气 “I would give it all. I would sacrifice” 来宣誓作者对于心上人毫无保留。 该句中用了 would,实际上是隐含了虚拟语气的条件。联系上一句作者希望心上人将他带走,实际上下一句应该写成“如果心上人能将他带走”的情况。此句写全应为:If you took me as I am and if you took my life, I would give it all and I would sacrifice. 当然我们要牢记,在艺术创作中,甚至在日常生活中,语言都不会那么死板。
分析讲解,NO:2
所以,请大家学习完虚拟语气之后要学会变通,在实际应用中,要根据上下文,领会虚拟语气的内含。这一点在下段的歌词中体现得更是明显。如:
“Ah you can't tell me it's not worth trying for I can't help it there's nothing I want more.
Yeah I would fight for you. I'd lie for you.
(I would) walk the wire for you.
Yeah I'd die for you.”
这段就强烈的表达了作者对爱情的执着,让心上人不要告诉他,她不值得他这样努力,他不想听到委婉的拒绝,而仍是热情似火地表白,如:
“我愿为你赴汤蹈火,我愿为你献出生命!”
这里的 I would fight for you, die for you, walk the wire for you 都是一种假设的情景,所以都使用的虚拟语气(would + do)的表达,其中 Walk the wire 本意是“走钢丝“,意思就是为了得到心上人的爱而不顾生命的意思。
NO:2
下一首歌来自 Declan 翻唱的 An Angel。原唱是 Kelly Family。
Kelly Family 是德国非常有名的家庭组合,这首 An Angel 是 Paddy 十几岁时,为了纪念在他五岁那年去世的母亲所创作的。
歌词如下(请上下滑动查阅):
I wish I had your pair of wings
我希望拥有你的一双翅膀
Had them last night in my dreams
在我昨夜梦里的它们
I was chasing butterflies
我在追赶蝴蝶
Till the sunrise broke my eyes
直到黎明的光芒照亮我的眼睛
Tonight the sky has glued my eyes
今晚的天空吸引了我的双眼
Cause what they see's an angel hive
因为它们看到了一片天使的领域
I've got to touch that magic star
我触摸到了那神奇的星
And greet the angels in their hive
(我飞到那片)天使的领域里向她们问候
Sometimes I wish I were an angel
有时我希望我是个天使
Sometimes I wish I were you
有时我希望自己就是你
Sometimes I wish I were an angel
有时我希望我是个天使
Sometimes I wish I were you
一个像你一样的天使
All the sweet honey from above
所有上天赐予的甜蜜
Pour it all over me sweet love
倾注给我最美妙的爱
And while you're flying around my head
当你在我的脑海中萦绕
Your honey kisses keep me fed
你甜蜜的吻让我感到满足
I wish I had your pair of wings
我希望拥有你的一双翅膀
Just like last night in my dreams
就像昨夜梦中一样
I was lost in paradise
我迷失在天堂
I wish I'd never opened my eyes
希望再也不要醒来
Sometimes I wish I were an angel
有时我希望我是个天使
Sometimes I wish I were you
有时我希望自己就是你
Sometimes I wish I were an angel
有时我希望自己是个天使
Sometimes I wish I were you
一个像你一样的天使
But there's danger in the air
但是天空中又隐藏着危险
Tryin' so hard to be unfair
它正竭力变得不公正
Danger's in the air
那天空中的危险啊
Tryin' so hard to give us a scare
正试图带给我们惊恐
But we are not afraid
但我们却决不胆怯
......
(歌词循环)
分析讲解,NO:3
歌词中 I wish I had your pair of wings. Sometimes, I wish I were an angel. Sometimes, I wish I were you 共同使用了一个句型,就是 I wish 型虚拟语气。
分析讲解,NO:4
因虚拟语气表达的是一种与现实相反的情况,所以 I wish 句式只是表达说话者一种强烈的愿望,即便实现的可能性非常小。在这首歌中,一个五岁的小孩失去母亲后的那种恐惧和无助并没有使用悲恸的词语来表达,而是融入到天真质朴而又稍显稚嫩的语言和孩童特有的奇幻梦境中。“我希望我是一个天使”,“我希望我有一双天使的翅膀”,就这样简简单单地敲打着我们的心灵!
总结归纳
好了,现在我们一起来看下 I wish 类虚拟语气的用法,见下表:
时间 | 从句谓语动词 | 例句 |
表示与现在事实相反的愿望 | did | I wish I were a teacher. 我要是一位老师就好了。 I wish I remembered her address. 我要是记得她的地址就好了。 |
表示与过去事实相反的愿望 | had done | How I wish I had seen her off at the station, but I was too busy. 我要是去车站送过她就好了,但我太忙了。 |
表示与将来事实相反的愿望 | could / would+ / might+do | I wish he would come at once. 我真希望他马上来。 |
知识拓展:
If only (但愿;要是......该多好啊):用法与含义均与 I wish 相似,上面表格中的 wish 均可用 If only 代之,含义大致相同。
类似地,as if / though (好像)结构也与 wish 情况类似(从句分三种情况):
1. She loves the child as if he were her own.
她疼爱这孩子,就像是她自己的孩子一样。(与现在事实相反)
2. He talks as if he had been there many times.
他说起话来好像是去过那儿多次似的。(与过去事实相反)
3. He speaks as if he would die soon.
听他说话那语气好像不久就要死似的。(与将来事实相反)
好了,学完 I wish/if only/as if(as though) 类型的虚拟语气后,我们来做几个练习:
1. You are late. If you _____ (come)a few minutes earlier.
2. If only he ____(lie)quietly as the doctor instructed, he would not suffer so much now.
3. How I wish every family ____(have)a large house with a beautiful garden.
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