AEE 2691：掌握过去虚拟语气的3个技巧

这里是All Ears English播客，第2691集，掌握过去虚拟语法的三个技巧。

This is an All Ears English Podcast, episode 2691, 3 Tips to Master Past Subjunctive Grammar.

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你是不是觉得英语学习卡住了？

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我们会告诉你如何通过注重交流而非完美，变得无所畏惧、流利自如。

We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection.

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With your American hosts, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS Wiz, and Lindsay McMahon, the English Adventurer, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado, USA.

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Today, find out why you would use a grammar construction like this one and who you should use it with.

你有没有在英语对话结束后，心里想：“为什么我当时没多说几句？”

Do you ever leave a conversation in English thinking, "Why didn't I say more?"

你明明知道那些词，但就是找不到合适的时机插话，展现自己的个性，或者真正地和对方建立联系。

You knew the words, but you couldn't find the right moment to jump in, show your personality, or really connect.

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That's exactly why we created Socializing in English, our brand-new course.

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We can't wait for you to check it out.

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You'll learn the unwritten social skills that most English courses never teach, so you can stop feeling awkward or invisible and start feeling like yourself in English.

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Enrollment is open now.

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你好，Lindsay。

Hello, Lindsay.

你好吗？

How are you?

嘿，Aubrey。

Hey there, Aubrey.

我今天感觉挺好的。

I'm feeling pretty good today.

今天我们节目要聊什么？

What are we talking about on the show today?

我有个问题想问你。

I have a question for you.

如果我问你——

If I were to ask you-

好

Yes

你最喜欢的冰淇淋口味是什么，你会怎么说？

... your favorite ice cream flavor, what would you say?

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

对。

Yes.

如果你问我这个问题，我会说是巧克力。

I would tell you, if you were to ask me that, it's chocolate.

而且最近我特别烦，因为我去冰淇淋店，发现巧克力口味很少。

And lately, I've been super annoyed because I go into ice cream shops and there's very few chocolate flavors.

那太奇怪了。

That's crazy.

对。

Yes.

确实很奇怪。

It's strange.

我知道。

I know.

通常来说，选择挺多的。

Usually, there's a lot of options.

比如岩石路，还有果仁巧克力软糖和……

Rocky Road, and you've got Jamocha Almond Fudge and-

那是我小时候的记忆。

That's what I remember as a kid.

哇。

Wow.

是啊，但我觉得现在这种口味可能过时了。

Yeah, but these days I think it's out of style or something.

通常就只有普通的巧克力味。

It's usually just plain chocolate.

我在找巧克力花生酱、巧克力双重巧克力、巧克力巧克力碎片的。

I'm looking for chocolate peanut butter, chocolate double chocolate, chocolate chocolate chip.

但哪儿都找不到。

I just don't find it anywhere.

有意思。

Interesting.

所以

So

现在可能更流行水果味或者焦糖味之类的。

There's more maybe of a trend to fruitier flavors or caramels or something.

或者我觉得，像薰衣草冰淇淋这种时髦的东西。

Or I think, or kind of trendy things like lavender ice cream.

哦，恶心。

Oh, ew.

你知道吗？

You know?

别闹了——

Get out of here-

我不知道

I don't know

……薰衣草冰淇淋那玩意儿。

... with the lavender ice cream.

我在那些更讲究的手工冰淇淋店里看到各种奇怪的口味。

There's all kinds of weird stuff in these more craft ice cream shops that I see.

明白了。

Got you.

有意思。

Interesting.

你得去那种老派的夫妻店，那种硬冰淇淋店——

You just have to go to an old-school mom-and-pop's hard scoop-

没错

Exactly

……冰淇淋店才能吃到好东西。

... ice cream place to get the good stuff.

对。

Yes.

反正那才是好东西，对吧？

That's the good stuff anyways, right?

那你为什么问我这个，Aubrey？

So why did you ask me that, Aubrey?

所以我用了这个结构，“如果我问你”。

So I used this construction, "If I were to ask you."

我们在问答环节收到了Pe Yao的一个很好的问题，关于“if I were to ask you”和“if I were asking you”的区别，以及为什么我们会选择其中一个，今天我很兴奋能深入探讨这个有趣的语法点。

We got a great question in our Q&A from Pe Yao about if I were to ask you versus if I were asking you, why we would choose one or the other, and I'm excited to dive into this really interesting grammar today.

对。

Yes.

我们已经好几个星期没聊语法了，但今天我们就来好好讲讲。

We haven't talked about grammar in a few weeks, but we are here to get into it today.

我知道很多听众都有不少语法问题，或者可能已经形成了一些固定的错误——

I know a lot of our listeners have a lot of grammar questions, or they may have kind of solidified mistakes-

确实。

Definitely

……我们可以确保不再犯这些错误，Aubrey。

... which we can make sure we're no longer making those mistakes, Aubrey.

对。

Yes.

而且我知道播客听众告诉过我，我们经常做语法节目，他们会说：“我都没想过……”就像他们从来没遇到过那个问题。

And I know podcast listeners have told me that often we'll do a grammar episode, and they'll say, "Didn't even think to..." Like they had never had that question.

对。

Yes.

但一旦他们听到，就会说：“哦，对，我想知道。”

But as soon as they hear it, they're like, "Oh yeah, I want to know."

没错。

Exactly.

所以这样也挺有意思的，用一种有趣的方式发现自己对语法的疑问，然后马上就能得到答案。

So that's kind of fun too, to sort of discover the questions you have about grammar in such a fun way and then immediately get answers.

今天这期节目可能就是这样。

This is probably one of those episodes today.

各位，现在就点击关注按钮，关注All Ears English，这样就不会错过任何一期节目。

Guys, hit the follow button right here, right now on All Ears English so that you don't miss a single episode.

好吗？

All right?

好的。

Okay.

那我们先来看看Pe Yao的问题。

So let's first ask Pe Yao's question.

我在这里分享一下。

I'll share it here.

她说的是：“使用条件句时，不定式和动词ing形式有什么区别？”

What she said was, "When using a conditional, what is the difference between an infinitive and verbing?"

比如说——

So for example-

……用不定式的话，就是“if I were to ask you”，而用动词ing形式的话，就是“if I were asking you”。

... with the infinitive, if I were to ask you, and with verbing, if I were asking you.

对。

Yes.

这个问题问得真好。

Such a good question.

差别很细微，但确实有区别。

It's subtle, but there is a difference.

我们今天就来深入讲讲。

And we are going to get into it today.

首先，我们直接来回答这个问题。

First of all, let's go ahead and answer the question.

我们这期节目一开始该说点什么呢？

What can we tell to start off the episode?

这两个短语都是用来引出问题的假设性结构。

So both phrases are hypothetical constructions used to introduce a question.

但是用不定式的话，比如“if I were to ask you”，听起来更疏远、更假设性。

But with an infinitive, if I were to ask you, is more distant and hypothetical.

而用动名词的话，比如“if I were asking you”，则更直接、更贴近当下。

While with a verbing, if I were asking you, is more immediate and directly-

……暗示的是一个更可能发生的场景或情况。

... implies a more possible scenario or a situation-

对。

Yes

……正在发生的情况。

... currently unfolding.

不过我们会用很多例子来深入讲解，让你今天就能清楚知道什么时候该用哪一种。

But we're going to dive into it with lots of examples so that you today have a really good idea of when you would use each one.

对。

Yes.

我很喜欢。

I love it.

太好了。

So good.

是的，就像我说的，大家别忘了点关注按钮。

Yeah, like I said, guys, don't forget to hit the follow button.

记住，All Ears English 在 YouTube 上也有，包括这一集。

And remember that All Ears English is over on YouTube, including this episode.

我们有视频版。

We're on video.

所以如果你更喜欢在 YouTube 上看 All Ears English，完全可以。

So if you prefer to watch YouTube as you consume All Ears English, you can do that.

只要去 YouTube 搜索 All Ears English Podcast，就能找到。

Just go to YouTube and type in All Ears English Podcast, and you will find it.

是的。

Yes.

好吗？

Okay?

太棒了。

Awesome.

向在YouTube上观看的朋友们挥手，那是个很好的地方——

Waving to anyone watching on YouTube, and that's a great place-

……也可以提问。

... to ask questions, too.

你可以问问题，比如你想在播客里听到的内容——

You can ask questions, things you'd like to hear in a-

……也可以留言，对吧？

... podcast as well, or leave a comment, right?

是的。

Yes.

我们经常聊一些我们很想了解的文化话题。

Often we're talking about cultural things that we would love to hear.

你那边是什么样的？

What's this like where you live?

真的很有意思。

It's so interesting.

是的。

Yes.

对，我们特别喜欢聊文化相关的内容，所以——

Yeah, we love to get into the cultural stuff, so-

……好。

... all right.

不好意思，我得清一下嗓子。

Sorry, got to clear my throat here.

没事。

No problem.

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

我们应该做一期节目，讲讲怎么表达你需要清嗓子。

We should do an episode on how to say you need to clear your throat.

我们有一些说法。

There's a few things we say.

我们可以讲得非常具体。

We could get very specific.

好的。

All right.

让我们进入第一个，Aubrey。

Let's get into number one, Aubrey.

那么，第一个是，如果我问你。

So, this first one is, if I were to ask you.

这是用于假设情况，用的是过去虚拟语气加不定式。

This is for hypotheticals, and it's Past Subjunctive mood with an infinitive.

就是那个to加上动词原形。

That to plus the base verb.

对。

Yes.

所以，这就是这里的语法结构。

So, that's sort of the grammar construction here.

听起来很复杂，但我们用的时候——

It sounds very complicated, but we use-

……是把它当作一个整体来用的。

... this as a chunk.

如果你能记住这个整体。

If you can memorize this chunk.

对。

Yes.

如果我问你，而且我们经常像对Lindsay那样用。

If I were to ask you, and we often do it like I did for Lindsay.

如果我问你最喜欢的冰淇淋口味，当然，我可以直接说：“Lindsay，你最喜欢的冰淇淋口味是什么？”

If I were to ask you your favorite ice cream, of course, I can just say, "Lindsay, what's your favorite ice cream flavor?"

你最喜欢的是什么。

What's your favorite.

但你没有那么做，对吧？

But you didn't do that, right?

你感觉怎么样？

What do you feel?

这对你来说感觉如何，Lindsay——

What does this feel for you, Lindsay-

当我们在问题前加上那个词的时候？

... when we add that before a question?

对，这是个好问题，Aubrey。

Yeah, that's a great question, Aubrey.

你是在试探一些东西。

You're kind of testing things out.

确实没那么直接。

It's less direct, for sure.

对，这样问显得有点俏皮。

Yeah, it sort of makes it playful for something like that.

我们还会用另一种方式，就是把问题设定成纯理论性的——

And we'll use it another way, where we are framing a question as purely theoretical-

是的

Yes

和想象中的。

... and imaginary.

所以我们这样做——

So, we do this-

有好几种不同的方式。

... a couple of different ways.

我们这样做是为了让话题更轻松、更有趣。

We sort of do it to make something even more light-hearted and playful.

然后我们也会用它来缓和直接提问的力度，拉开一些距离，

And then we also do it to soften direct questions and create distance-

……对于那些可能有点难以启齿的话题。

... about subject matter that might be a little more difficult.

你不想直接问的那种。

You don't want to be direct about.

有点沉重。

A little intense.

那我们来举几个例子，这样能说得更具体一些。

So, let's give some examples so we can be really specific.

我们说的是恋爱关系。

So, we're talking about romantic relationships.

如果我问你分手的原因是什么，你愿意聊聊吗？

If I were to ask you what led to the breakup, would you be willing to talk about it?

所以我其实没有直接说：“奥布里，分手的原因是什么？”

So, I'm not actually directly saying, "Aubrey, what led to the breakup?"

你其实是在——

You're actually-

我是说，如果我问你的话。

I'm asking you, if I were to ask you.

你几乎是在请求允许问这个问题。

You're almost asking permission to ask the question.

请求允许去问。

Permission to ask.

就像，假设我问你——

Like, hypothetically, if I were to ask-

关于那件事，你会介意吗？

... you about that, would that be okay?

我们经常这样做。

And we do this a lot.

没错。

Exactly.

尤其是像这种比较私人的事情——

Especially for something personal like this-

……可能我们都不确定是不是该问。

... where maybe we're not sure we should even be asking.

我们可能会用这种方式开头。

We might start it with this.

对。

Yes.

还有别的例子吗？

What's another example?

你可能会说：“如果我问你意见，你会怎么说？”然后你可能会——

Maybe you'd say, "What would you say if I were to ask your advice," and then maybe you'd-

……说出是关于什么的意见。

... say what the advice is about.

所以呢，你其实是在给对方做铺垫，然后你会说——

So then, you're sort of prepping someone, and you're like-

……让他们知道，你想不想谈这个？

... letting them know, would you even want to talk about this?

你想不想给建议？

Would you want to give advice?

这样也给了对方一个台阶下，如果他们觉得“哦，不，我不想谈这个”。

And that gives someone sort of an out if they're like, "Oh, no. I don't want to talk about this."

这样也更容易继续往下聊。

It makes it easier also to kind of move on.

对。

Yes.

你没有完全承诺要问那个问题，对吧？

You're not fully committing to asking the question, right?

没错。

Exactly.

然后我们有第二种结构。

And then we have the second construction.

所以，如果我问你，这就是——

So, if I were asking you, this is the-

……过去进行时虚拟语气。

... Past Continuous Subjunctive.

这确实能营造出更强的即时感。

And this does create a stronger sense of immediacy.

我们有点——

We're sort of-

……引导听者去想象这段对话就发生在当下那个——

... guiding the listener to imagine this conversation happening right now in that exact-

……时刻。

... moment.

这确实比如果我是……感觉更口语化、更贴近当下。

It does feel more conversational and present than if I were-

对

Yes

……来问你。

... to ask you.

没错。

Exactly.

但它们在意思上很相似，不是吗？

But they're similar though, aren't they, in meaning?

仔细想想，确实非常相似。

Very similar when you think about it.

没错。

Exactly.

这太微妙了。

This is so subtle.

这是一个非常细微的差别。

This is a very slight nuance.

母语者绝不会因为你用了其中一个而觉得你说错了，或者听起来……

There's no chance that a native speaker is going to hear you use one or the other and think that you're wrong or have it sound-

……有点不对劲。

... off.

有意思的是，我们居然两种都有。

It's interesting that we even have both.

这个差别特别细微，在现在进行时或过去进行时的虚拟语气里，你会觉得像是在把听者拉进你正在说的话里。

It's such a slight nuance that in Present Continuous or Past Continuous Subjunctive, you feel like you're drawing the listener into what you're saying.

这很像我们讲故事的时候。

It's very much like when we narrate a story.

我们最近聊这个聊得挺多的。

We've talked about that a lot lately.

你想把听者拉进来，对吧？

You want to draw the listener in, right?

让他们感觉自己也参与其中。

Make them feel like they're a part of it.

对。

Yes.

比如说，我可能会说：“如果我现在问你关于当前政治的看法，你会怎么说？”

So, for example, I might say, "If I were asking your opinion about current politics, what would you say?"

是的。

Yes.

当然，我两种说法都可以用。

And of course, I could use either.

我可以说：“如果我要问你。”

I could say, "If I were to ask you."

两种都行，但当我选择“如果我在问你”这种带动词ING的形式时，

Both work, but when I choose, if I were asking you, with this, a verb-

我是想让表达更即时，也更口语化。

... ING, I'm trying to make it more immediate and also more conversational.

就像，如果我现在

Like, if I were-

正在问你这个问题，你会怎么回答？

... asking you this right now, what would you say?

这是一个非常细微的差别。

It's a very subtle difference.

只是稍微接近一点。

Just a little bit closer.

是的。

Yes.

好了，各位，我们稍微休息一下，然后回来马上把这些内容放到角色扮演里，让大家彻底搞清楚——

So, we're going to take a little break, guys, and then we're going to come back and put these immediately into a role play, just to make it super clear-

不错。

Nice

——这样我们就能清清楚楚地掌握这些内容。

... so we walk away crystal clear about all this.

好的。

All right.

你会说英语，但在社交场合中，你是否仍然感觉自己慢半拍？

You speak English, but do you still feel one step behind in social situations?

也许你错过了笑话，难以加入对话，或者不确定自己分享得太多还是太少。

Maybe you miss the joke, struggle to enter a conversation, or wonder whether you're sharing too much or not enough.

问题可能不在于你的英语水平。

The problem may not be your English.

而在于那些没人教过你的不成文的社交规则。

It may be the unwritten social rules that no one ever taught you.

我们的新课程《用英语社交》会教你如何读懂当下，知道下一步该怎么做。

Our new course, Socializing in English, teaches you how to read the moment and know what to do next.

课程每周提供两到三次口语练习机会，让你实时练习英语。

It comes with speaking opportunities up to two to three times per week to practice your English live.

现在就加入我们，访问 allearsenglish.com/social。

Join us now at allearsenglish.com/social.

在本周晚些时候优惠结束前，最高可节省100美元。

Save up to $100 before this offer ends later this week.

前往 allearsenglish.com/social。

Go to allearsenglish.com/social.

好的，奥布里，我们来做个角色扮演吧。

All right, Aubrey, let's break out into a role play.

那么，在这里，你和我就是朋友，我们只是见面喝咖啡，可能会聊一些比较沉重的话题，对吧？

So, here, you and I are friends, and we're just meeting for coffee, probably talking about maybe some heavy subjects or something, right?

对，可能吧。

Yeah, maybe.

你想先开始吗？

You want to start us out?

好的。

All right.

嘿，你最近看起来开心多了。

Hey, you seem a lot happier lately.

真的吗？

Really?

我想是吧。

I guess I am.

那如果我问你，是什么发生了变化，你会怎么说？

Well, if I were to ask you what's changed, what would you say?

说实话，我给自己留了更多时间。

Honestly, I've been making more time for myself.

以前我所有的空闲时间都花在送孩子去各种活动上。

I used to spend all my free time running my kids to their activities.

哦，那说得通。

Ooh, that makes sense.

你以前总是那么忙。

You were always so busy.

我意识到我需要更多属于自己的时间。

I realized I needed some me time more often.

如果我问你的家人，你觉得他们也会说注意到变化了吗？

If I were asking your family, do you think they'd say they've noticed a difference, too?

当然会。

Definitely.

我以前脾气挺差的，我肯定他们也注意到了变化。

I used to be pretty grumpy, and I'm sure they've noticed a change.

不错。

Nice.

好的。

Okay.

所以再说一次，是的，看我们关系有多近，这可能有点越界，也许我们只是不太亲密的朋友，对吧？

So again, yeah, depending on how close we are, it could be kind of crossing a line of maybe we're just not super close friends, right?

然后我注意到了一件事。

And then I've noticed something.

我觉得你说得很有道理，Lindsay，对吧？

I think that makes a really good point, Lindsay, right?

是的。

Yes.

因为就像我们说的，我们常常不想那么直接。

Because often we add these, like we said, we don't want to be quite so direct.

对朋友的话——

With a friend-

你可能更常直接说，比如——

... you probably would more often just say, like-

“嘿，最近怎么样？”

"Hey, what's up?"

“发生什么事了？

... "What's going on?

有什么变化？

What's changed?

你喜欢什么口味的冰淇淋？”

What kind of ice cream do you like?"

但是当——

But when-

关系没那么亲近的时候，你有时会——

... the relationship isn't as close, you do sometimes-

会觉得好像需要得到许可才能深入聊下去。

... feel like you almost need permission before you get deeper.

没错。

Exactly.

而且冰淇淋的例子就是为了用这个例子，对吧？

And the ice cream example is just so we could use that example, right?

对。

Exactly.

我大概会直接说：“嘿，Aubrey，你喜欢什么口味的冰淇淋？”

Probably, I would just say, "Hey, Aubrey, what kind of ice cream do you like?"

是的，你们可能注意到了，我们在播客里经常提问，而且很少一开始就问这个，因为我们问的总是朋友。

Yeah, as you guys have noticed, we ask questions a lot on this podcast, and we rarely start with this, because it's always a question that we're-

……问朋友的问题。

... asking a friend.

但情况并不总是这样。

But that's not always the situation.

所以我们这里用了两种结构，我一开始说的是：“哦，你最近看起来开心多了。”

So we used both constructions here, and I started by saying, "Oh, you seem happier lately.

如果我问你发生了什么变化，你会怎么说？

If I were to ask you what's changed, what would you say?"

这真的很有意思。

It's so interesting.

这个结构也很有意思。

And this is an interesting construction.

因为我不是在问，但其实我又在问，对吧？

Because I'm not asking, but I am asking, right?

对，因为你没有说：“如果我问你发生了什么变化，你会回答吗？”

Mm-hmm, because you're not saying, "If I were to ask you what's changed, would you answer?"

或者：“你介意吗？”

Or, "Would that be okay with you?"

相反，你用一种近乎征求许可的方式开头，但实际上你确实在问，对吧？

Instead, you're starting it with this sort of almost permission, but you are actually asking, right?

有意思。

Interesting.

然后从那里，我们可能会依靠肢体语言。

And from there, we might rely on body language.

如果你举起手说：“哦，不，我们聊点别的吧。”

If you kind of put up your hand and say, "Oh, no, let's talk about something else."

或者你转移话题，我——

Or you change the subject, I-

对，我就会说：“你在说什么？”

Right, I'm like, "What are you talking about?"

……还是有个掩护，我没有直接问你那个问题。

... still have that cover that I haven't fully asked you the question directly.

没错。

Exactly.

你给自己留了条退路。

You've given yourself an out.

是的。

Yes.

这在对话中非常重要，尤其是和那些不是特别亲近的朋友或家人交流时。

And this is really important in conversations, especially with people who aren't the closest friends or family, maybe.

对。

Yes.

给自己留个退路，这样如果对方不想谈，也不会造成尴尬。

To give yourself that out so that no awkwardness is created if someone doesn't want to talk about it.

对，没错。

Yes, exactly.

有意思。

Interesting.

好的。

Okay.

不错。

Good.

然后，这很有意思，你在角色扮演中后来问："如果我问你的家人，你觉得他们会说他们也注意到了变化吗？"

And then, this is interesting, you asked later in the role-play, "If I were asking your family, do you think they'd say they've noticed a difference, too?"

这有点不同。

And this is a little different.

这真的很有意思。

This is really interesting.

这是同样的语法形式，但不同的是——

It's the same grammar form, but instead-

不是说："如果我问你，你会怎么说？"

... of saying, "If I were asking you, what would you say?"

那在已经问过我之后，几乎会显得很奇怪——

That would almost be strange after having already-

已经问过我了。

... asked me that.

但你可以这么说，对吧？

But you could say this, right?

要么——

Either-

……“如果我问你的家人这件事，”或者——

... "If I were to ask your family about this," or-

对

Yes

……“如果我问你的家人这件事，他们会怎么说？”

... "If I were asking your family about this, what would they say?"

两种说法都可以。

Both work.

你可以看到——

You can see-

对

Yes

……这里非常非常细微的差别——

... this very, very minor difference of here-

对

Yes

……你是在把我们两个都放在这个情境里，好像这是真实发生的、就在当下——

... you're putting us both in this situation as if it's real and right now-

就在这一刻

In this moment

……通过使用那个进行时态。

... by using that continuous tense.

没错，但再说一次，两种说法都可以。

Exactly, but again, both could be an option there.

完全正确。

Absolutely.

如果我问你的家人——

If I were to ask your family-

两种都对

Both are right