Book V -- Lesson 6 (Mar 9, 2009)

第六课.Things That Might Have Happened 可能发生的事

676.I would have had a much better holiday if I had stayed at home. 

我要是呆在家里的话,假期会好过的多。

677.What have you been doing since I saw you last time? 自从我上次见到你以后你都在干什么?

678.If I had got enough money yesterday, I would have bought that tape. 

如果我昨天钱够的话,我就买了那盒磁带了。

679.Looking back on it, I think I shouldn't have given up the contest so easily. 

回过头来看,我想我不应该如此轻易的放弃那次比赛。

680.Had I taken a taxi, I wouldn't have been late. 如果我打的去的话就不会迟到了。

681.Even if you take the exam again, you won't pass it. 就算再考一次你也通不过。

682.Even if you had given him much more money, he might not have paid off the debt.

 就算你给了他更多的钱,他也还不清债务。

683.What would you have done if you hadn't gone out for a picnic yesterday?

如果你昨天没有出去野餐的话。你会干什么?

684.I wish I had told him the truth. 我真希望我把真相告诉了他。

685.I wish you hadn't cheated me. 我希望你没有欺骗我。

686.If it had been fine, we would have gone to the park. 如果天气好的话,我们就去公园了

687.Would he have seen you if you hadn't waved to him? 如果你没有朝他挥手,他能看见你吗?

688.You should have studied much harder. 你本应该更努力的学习。

689.I had thought about arguing with the teacher about that, but I didn't have enough courage.

 我本想和老师争论那个问题,但我没有足够的勇气。

690.I had thought about living with my grandparents when my parents went abroad last year.

 当我的父母去年出国的时候,我本想和我的祖父母住在一起。

北京二号 发表评论于
Ironwoman,

Sorry for the rush the other day.

I am not sure what kind of writing you are working on.
Is it more emphasised in writing skills or is it just for
daily communication needs?

I had read a couple of books on technical writing and
writing in English in general years ago. To my understanding,
The formal writing format/flow in English is pretty similar
to that in Chinese.

If what you desire is in how to express yourself in English,
all the meaningful advices I have got is that you need to
READ more, and practice writing as much as you can.

Here are a couple of online resources I have visited and
have been useful for me:

http://www.alphayeng.cn/recitation.htm
http://www.alphayeng.cn/story.htm
http://www.manythings.org/

I also heard that The New Yorker, the magazine, is good for
improving writing. But to be honest, I don't know what kind
of writing it helps the most, and I don't get time to read
even one issue of it carefully yet.

Thank you for your compliments. I practice reading the text
following the original audio for about 20 times, then I practice
on my own for a few times before doing the final recording, which is done on my own.

I appreciate your attention and especially the discussion.
Hope you come back often and share your experiences.

北京二号
Ironwoman 发表评论于
Good reading. I think this one is better than NEC for every day practice. I am still looking for something which can be daily writing exercise.Do you follow the tape or just read by yourself? Your reading improved a lot!
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