2分鐘英語(yǔ)課堂：If 用法 Using 'if' in English

　　Explanation:

　　釋義

　　Camile: Hi Daniel. Do you know how to use the word ‘if’ correctly in English conversations?

　　Camile:嗨，Daniel。你知道怎么用英文正確使用“If”嗎?

　　Daniel: I do know how to use ‘if’ in some sentences. But sometimes it’s very confusing and I just can’t figure out when and where to use it.

　　Daniel:在一些句子里，我知道“if”怎么用。但是有時(shí)候也會(huì)疑惑，我就不知道什么時(shí)候、怎么用它。

　　Camile: I know some situations when we can use it.

　　Camile:我知道能用的一些情境。

　　Daniel : Okay, like what?

　　Daniel:好，比如說(shuō)?

　　Camile: Here’s an example: If you don’t drink water, you’ll die.

　　Camile:我給你舉個(gè)例子：你要是不喝水，你就會(huì)死。

　　Daniel : Okay, so I can say that if you stand in the rain, you’ll get wet, which is true and happens to me a lot.

　　Daniel:好，那我就能說(shuō)如果你去淋雨，你身上就會(huì)淋濕，這是真的，我就老是這樣。

　　Camile: Yeah, that’s right. Let’s take another example, where ‘if’ can be used to talk about the possibility of something happening in the future. You tell me this time.

　　Camile:是，舉個(gè)別的例子，“if”也可以用來(lái)表示未來(lái)發(fā)生的某件事的可能性。這是你來(lái)說(shuō)。

　　Daniel: Let me see… Okay, I know: if I were a millionaire, I would buy an airplane.

　　Daniel:讓那個(gè)我想想，好，我知道了：如果我是一個(gè)百萬(wàn)富翁，我就買(mǎi)一架飛機(jī)。

　　Camile: Yep, that’s correct. Great job!

　　Camile:對(duì)啦，正確。干得好!

　　Daniel: I think ‘if’ is also used to join two conditions together in which the second condition depends on the first one.

　　Daniel:我認(rèn)為“if”也用于兩種情境，第二種情境取決于第一種情境。

　　Camile: That’s right, Daniel. For example, I won’t be hungry anymore if I eat a pizza.

　　Camile:對(duì)，Daniel。比如說(shuō)，我要是吃個(gè)披薩，就不餓了。

　　Daniel: Yes, in your example, there are two situations. Eating a pizza, and being hungry. If you eat a pizza, then you won’t be hungry.

　　Daniel:嗯，在你舉的例子中，有兩種情況。吃披薩和饑餓，如果你吃了披薩，就不會(huì)餓了。

　　Camile: Okay, now let’s listen to some conversations.

　　Camile:好，現(xiàn)在我們來(lái)聽(tīng)一些對(duì)話。

　　Talking about True Facts.

　　談?wù)撌聦?shí)

　　Ginny: Hey, you know what?

　　Ginny:嘿，你猜發(fā)生了什么?

　　Rodrick: No. What?

　　Rodrick:不知道，怎么了?

　　Ginny: If you eat an apple every day, it helps you fight sickness.

　　Ginny:每天吃一個(gè)蘋(píng)果，疾病不再來(lái) 。

　　Rodrick: Yeah, I know that. But if I don’t eat an apple every day, will I die?

　　Rodrick:是，我知道?？墒俏乙遣幻刻斐蕴O(píng)果，我會(huì)死嗎?

　　Ginny: (Laugh). No, probably not. But I think it’s better if you do start eating an apple every day.

　　Ginny:(大笑)不，可能不會(huì)。可是我想每天吃個(gè)蘋(píng)果會(huì)比較好。

　　Rodrick: I don’t know. There are plenty of other good things to eat than apples.

　　Rodrick:我不知道。有很多比蘋(píng)果還好的東西可以吃。

　　Ginny: Yeah, you’re probably right. There are other fruits too.

　　Ginny:嗯，你說(shuō)的可能對(duì)，也有很多其他的水果。

　　Rodrick: I think you’ll be healthier if you eat any sort of fruits. Fruits are healthy.

　　Rodrick:我想你要是也吃些別的水果，你會(huì)更健康。水果有益健康。

　　Ginny: That’s right, but I am going to eat apples because I like apples.

　　Ginny:對(duì)，但是我要去吃蘋(píng)果了，因?yàn)槲覑?ài)吃蘋(píng)果。

　　Rodrick: If that’s what you want...

　　Rodrick:要是你想吃的話.......

　　Asking Something.

　　要求某物

　　Dean: If you were given one billion dollars, what would you buy?

　　Dean: 如果別人給你10億美元，你會(huì)買(mǎi)什么?

　　Sam: I would probably buy an expensive car, a big house and an airplane. And if I had some money left I would buy a farm.

　　Sam: 我會(huì)買(mǎi)一輛豪車(chē)，一所大房子和一架飛機(jī)。還剩下錢(qián)的話，我就買(mǎi)一個(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)。

　　Dean: Wow, that’s great!

　　Dean: 哇，太棒了!

　　Sam: So, what would you do If you got that much money?

　　Sam: 那要是有那么多錢(qián)，你會(huì)買(mǎi)什么?

　　Dean: I think I would help out my family first and then the poor, and if I still had some money left, I’d use it for myself.

　　Dean: 我想我會(huì)想先接濟(jì)我的家人，然后救助窮人，如果我還余錢(qián)，我就自己用。

　　Sam: Wow. I would never do what you would do, if I had so much money.

　　Sam: 哇，我要是有那么多錢(qián)，我就不會(huì)像你那么用。

　　Dean: Well, money changes people. But before we buy something, we should always think: “what if I didn’t have this much money?”

　　Dean: 嗯，錢(qián)會(huì)改變?nèi)恕５窃谫I(mǎi)東西之前，我們應(yīng)該要想一想“如果我沒(méi)有這筆錢(qián)呢?”

　　Sam: So true!

　　Sam: 太對(duì)了!

　　If I Had Only …

　　但愿......

　　Cray: Hey Jane. What happened?

　　Cray: 嘿，Jane，發(fā)生什么事了?

　　Jane: Nothing. I failed my Spanish test.

　　Jane:沒(méi)事，我的西班牙語(yǔ)考試沒(méi)考過(guò)。

　　Cray: Really. Didn’t you study?

　　Cray: 真的嗎，你沒(méi)看書(shū)?

　　Jane: I did. But if only I had studied a little more and in advance, I would’ve passed.

　　Jane:我看了，可是我要是多看一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)，早點(diǎn)看就好了，我就能過(guò)了。

　　Cray: It’s ok. It’s just one test, and if you study hard for the rest of the year, your Spanish

　　will improve.

　　Cray: 好了，就是一場(chǎng)考試，如果你在一年中剩下的時(shí)間里努力學(xué)習(xí)，你的西班牙語(yǔ)水平就會(huì)提升。

　　Jane: I really hope so because if I fail again, I won’t be able to get a scholarship to Spain.

　　Jane:我真的希望是這樣，因?yàn)槿绻以俅问〉脑挘揖偷貌坏饺ノ靼嘌赖莫?jiǎng)學(xué)金了。

　　Cray: Don’t worry. I’ll help you out with Spanish if you help me with my math.

　　Cray: 別擔(dān)心，我可以幫你學(xué)西班牙語(yǔ)，如果你幫我學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)的話。