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【今日主题】
In daily life, we often say "要不是......" in our conversation, how should we put it in English. Easy , remember the following sentence patterns.
1 If it weren't for..., S+ wouldn't do. 要不是……, 就不会……
2 If it weren't for..., S+ couldn't do. 要不是……, 就能够……
3 If it weren't for..., S+ might not do. 要不是……, 就不可能……
【即学即用】
John 负债累累，追账的人准备打上门来，幸好Mary知道了，John才躲过了一难，时候John感谢Mary: If it weren't for your information, I might be blue and black all over that evening. 那晚要不是有你的信息，我可能就遍体鳞伤了。
Jerry 现在正是事业的高峰时期，我们常说：一个成功的男人背后必定会有一个好女人。当Jerry 只是一味地炫耀自己时，其好友Tim就说了：If it weren't for you nice wife Ruth, you couldn't be anywhere. 要是没有你的好妻子的话，你不会有任何成就。
一个成功的男人背后必定会有一个好女人，那么一个成功的女人后面却要有无数个有权在握的男人。Well , just like my leader many years ago. If it hadn’t been for so many men who had a catbird seats, she wouldn't be the General Manage in the three-star hotel, in charge of the hotel. 就像我很多年前的上司一样，要不是有那么多有权力职位的男人顶着她，她就不会成为这个三星级酒店的总经理。
记得我弃文从艺时，我家很穷：If it weren't for my aunt's lending money to me, I couldn't make so many achievements in ballet field. 要不是我姑妈借钱给我，我就不会在芭蕾领域中取得如此多的成就。
诗中常写到：青春是朦胧的，青春是迷茫的，我也感觉如此。曾几何时，我都觉得活在世界上没意义，是我父母的那么多的参加过革命的老前辈一直在扶持这我成长，才使我今天生活在灿烂的阳光下。If it weren't for the experienced old timers' encouragement and consideration who had been in a world at war, I might not lead a sunshine life. 要不是有在战争时代饱经风霜的老前辈的鼓励和关心照顾，我现在的生活也许不会是充满阳光的。
So , here, I would like to say "Thank all of you! May good people be free from mishaps all their lives. A person who is kind will receive a good reward! May they spent his old age in great enjoyment!" 借此节目，我很想说声：各位伯伯，奶奶们，Juliet已经长大了，谢谢你们。好人一生平安，好人好报。祝你们尽享晚年之乐。
【视野拓展】
All right, let's look at a sentences: Were it not for your good tutor, you couldn't win the first prize in this speech compitition. 要不是你有一个很好的指导老师，你就不能够在这次演讲大赛中获得冠军。 Do you think it's a little strange? Anyway, I do. As a matter of a fact, 上面那个句子是一个倒装句，这个句子的原行是：If it weren't for your good tutor, you couldn't win the first prize. 这个句子如何倒装呢？In truth, it's a piece of cake. 首先，把if省去；然后把系动词were提前到句首。其余语序均不变。
Let's look at another sentence: Should you lose your way, you could ring the number 110 for help. 万一你迷路的话，你就拨打110求助。这个也是个倒装句。It is as easy as the above sentence. 首先，把if 去掉。然后，把助动词should提前至句首。其余语序均不变
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So , we can get two sentence patterns。
1 Were it for... , S+ wouldn’t (couldn’t, might not) do.
2 Should S do, S + wouldn’t (couldn’t , might not) do.
【小编的喇叭】
在表示对现在或是将来情况的假设，推测和纯然主观愿望的虚拟条件句中，只有从句中含有it weren't for...和 含有should的2类句子可以倒装，其他的均不可以进行倒装。At then end of the programme, I want to place an emphasize that we must use were, not was. 在节目的最后，我想强调一点就是，it属于第三人称单数，但是这里不是指代人，因此不能像she和he那样自由可以用was, 也可以用were.
可可英语精彩多多，敬请走进可可地盘，尽享学习交流之乐。
