Section_ⅧGrammar
单元语法项目--说服
语法图解
探究发现
①We should insist that advertising is more controlled, especially advertising aimed at children.
②On a personal level, we ought to visit the shops less and worry less about image.
③As a society, it's high time that we took/should take these issues more seriously.
④Protest groups are insisting that some of our money be given to the third world.
⑤If laws such as these came into being, a huge adjustment would be required ...
[我的发现]
(1)句①、句②用情态动词should/ought to表示"建议"。
(2)句③用It is/was (high/about) time that ...句型表示"建议"。其中的that从句谓语动词用一般过去时或"should+动词原形",should不可省略。
(3)句④用insist表示"建议",其宾语从句用虚拟语气,形式为"should+动词原形",should可以省略。
(4)句⑤用虚拟条件句表示"建议"。
在正式的英语书面语及非正式的英语口语中,常用不同方式来告知人们我们认为他们该做什么,归纳起来,有以下几种表达说服的方式:
一、英语书面语
在正式书面表达中,下列表达方式可以强化"建议"。
1.should/ought to+do ...
You should/ought to brush your teeth before you go to bed.
你在睡前应该刷牙。
We ought to go and see Mary tomorrow, but I don't think we will.
我们应该明天去看玛丽,可我认为我们去不了。