關(guān)于"if...then"和"if"從句
除了"but"從句，很多學(xué)英語(yǔ)的人還會(huì)過(guò)多使用"if … then"或是"if"從句。這些從句本身并不是不好。但我們這里討論的是多樣性及其必要性?？纯聪吕?BR> Before: If you fail to pass the drug test, we will have to dismiss you from your job.
After: Failure to pass the drug test will result in job dismissal.
修改后的句子語(yǔ)氣顯得稍強(qiáng)一些。同時(shí)因?yàn)榫渲惺〉袅?you"，使句子在語(yǔ)氣上減少了對(duì)抗性。這個(gè)解題對(duì)策適用于每種人稱(chēng)，不單單指"you"。
Plain: If one imitates, one cannot expect to be great.
Interesting: No person ever yet became great by imitation.
Plain: If we want to end a war quickly, we must lose it.
Interesting: The quickest way to end a war is to lose it.
Plain: If we were directed from government bureaucracy when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.
Interesting: Were we directed from government bureaucracy when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.
Plain: Several staff members have checked the manuscript to see if it is accurate and easy to use.
Interesting: Several staff members have checked the manuscript for accuracy and ease of use.
Plain: If words are taken out of context, they are not very likely to mean the same as they do when they are in context.
Interesting: Words taken out of context do not always mean what they do in context.
除了"but"從句，很多學(xué)英語(yǔ)的人還會(huì)過(guò)多使用"if … then"或是"if"從句。這些從句本身并不是不好。但我們這里討論的是多樣性及其必要性?？纯聪吕?BR> Before: If you fail to pass the drug test, we will have to dismiss you from your job.
After: Failure to pass the drug test will result in job dismissal.
修改后的句子語(yǔ)氣顯得稍強(qiáng)一些。同時(shí)因?yàn)榫渲惺〉袅?you"，使句子在語(yǔ)氣上減少了對(duì)抗性。這個(gè)解題對(duì)策適用于每種人稱(chēng)，不單單指"you"。
Plain: If one imitates, one cannot expect to be great.
Interesting: No person ever yet became great by imitation.
Plain: If we want to end a war quickly, we must lose it.
Interesting: The quickest way to end a war is to lose it.
Plain: If we were directed from government bureaucracy when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.
Interesting: Were we directed from government bureaucracy when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.
Plain: Several staff members have checked the manuscript to see if it is accurate and easy to use.
Interesting: Several staff members have checked the manuscript for accuracy and ease of use.
Plain: If words are taken out of context, they are not very likely to mean the same as they do when they are in context.
Interesting: Words taken out of context do not always mean what they do in context.