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I wish we could

核心问题

(1)“Beautiful day, isn't it?” “Yes. I wish we could go to the seaside today.” [《高中英语教科书》第二册(下), 人教社, p. 19]

[原译]“天气真好,不是吗?”“是的,我真希望我们今天能到海边。”(《高二英语英汉对照译注》,陕西师大出版社,p.256)

(2) I wish I could fly to the moon in a spaceship one day.

[原译]我希望有一天能乘宇宙飞船去月球。(《中学英语语法复习指南》,外研社,p.137)

(3) “I wish we could build a garage in the garden,he said.

[原译]“我希望能在园子里建一个车库,”他说。(同上)

从上面的译文看,I wish (that) 完全等于 I hope (that)。是这样吗?

词典解答

应当明确,I hope + (that)从句表示可以实现的愿望,而 I wish + (that)从句表示无法实现的愿望,也就是说,后一句型所表达的愿望是与事实相反的。因此,其宾语从句的谓语动词总是使用虚拟语气 (could, would, were, had done)。句(1)的语境告诉我们:说话人认为“在今天是不可能去海滨的”,因为他们居住的地方离海太远了。因此,I wish we could go to the seaside today. 仅仅表达一种无法实现的愿望,或者反过来说,是对现实的情景(不能去海滨)表示“遗憾”或“惋惜”。请注意下列各句中 wish + (that)从句所表达的反事实意义:

A. 表示与现在事实相反的愿望或与将来事实可能相反的愿望(即表示现在或将来无法实现的愿望)。

  1. I wish that it would stop snowing. 要是雪停了该多好!(事实上天正在下雪)

  2. I wish that it were morning. 我真希望现在是早晨。(事实上现在不是早晨)

  3. I wish I were rich. 我要是很有钱就好了。

B. 表示与过去事实相反的愿望(即对既成事实表示遗憾或惋惜)。

  1. Monica wished she hadn't come. 莫尼卡真希望她未曾来过。

  2. I wish that I had never met him. 我真希望我从来没有遇见过他。

  3. I wish we could have gone to the seaside yesterday. 要是昨天我们能去海滨就好了。(真遗憾,我们昨天没能去海滨。)

现在我们来翻译你所提问的三个英文句子:

(1)要是今天我们能去海滨就好了。(或:真可惜今天我们不能去海滨了。)

(2) 要是有一天我能乘宇宙飞船去月球,那该多好。

(3)要是我们能在园子里建一个车库就好了。(或:真可惜,我们不能在园子里建个车库。)

练习题

请做下面的英语试题:

  1. I do ____ I could speak German well.

A. hope B. wish C. know D. want

  1. She wishes that we didn't send her the candy yesterday because she's on a diet. A B C D

  2. I wish I ____ to the movies with you last night.

A. would go B. could have gone C. could go D. went

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