Would
Would这个单词我喜欢，我要掌握它。
人们没有理由希望家里也有计算机——数字设备公司总裁1977预测
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." -- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.
注：would表示意愿。因为当时计算机太复杂，太昂贵，谁都不敢想家里也能买得起计算机。这句话的意思是说科技发展总是远远超过人们的预料，专家的预测最后证明是多么幼稚。
谁知道Anyone wants a computer和Anyone would want a computer的区别？
I eat nothing和I would eat nothing的区别
I eat nothing我什么也没吃
I would eat nothing我什么也不愿意吃。
如果我想惩罚一个省，我会让哲学家管理它。
If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers.
注：would表虚拟语气。
我想和你妻子说再见？
谁不想？
I’d like to say good-bye to your wife.
Who wouldn’t?
注：would委婉地表示个人的想法
Haldeman(人名)在空军一号上指着尼克松膝盖上的地图说，“在这儿跳，这是个好地方。”
H.R. Haldeman sits besides Nixon on Air Force One pointing to a map in the President’s lap. Says Haldeman: “This would be a good place to jump.”
注：would虚拟语气。美国总统尼克松当时水门事件丑闻缠身，报纸上讽刺尼克松应该从飞机上跳下去。
我开车回Virginia（地名）的家时路过白宫，我有时候对自己说，“如果我住在这儿，现在就到家了。”
When I’m driving home to Virginia, and I pass the White House, I sometimes say to myself, “if I lived here, I’d be home by now.”
注：Would虚拟语气。我忘了是哪届美国总统了，他当选总统后谈起自己以前的理想。
我想说我们很高兴你在这儿，我想这样说。
I’d like to say we’re glad you’re here. I’d like to say it.
注：would委婉地表达自己的看法。后面这句话能不能感觉出是反话？
错就错在没有禁止吃蛇；否则亚当会把蛇吃掉。
The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent[蛇]; then Adam would have eaten the serpent.
试译：would虚拟语气。亚当有很强的逆反心理。
我昨天晚上想知道天堂的大厦里有没有卫生间。
I was wondering last night if the heavenly mansions would have bathroom in them.
试译：would表示一种状态
如果我肯定今天晚上会死，我立刻就会后悔。
If I was sure I were going to die tonight I would repent at once.
注：虚拟语气
我只知道一个女人不想要金子——她拿走了钻石。
I never knew but one woman who would not take gold --- and she took diamonds.
试译：would意愿
“如果没有我，太阳就不会升起，谁也不会起床。”公鸡吹道。
“如果不是我，就没有人类，”Stork说。
“If it weren’t for me the sun would never rise,” bragged [吹嘘] the Rooster. “Nobody would get up.”
“If it weren’t for me there wouldn’t be anybody,” said the Stork.
注：would虚拟语气。所有的生物中，上帝最先造的stork。
我对毒品说不，但它们就是不听。
I said "no" to drugs, but they just wouldn't listen.
试译：would意愿
甘地先生，您怎么看现代文明？
这是个不错的主意。
Mr Gandhi, what do you think of modern civilization?'
That would be a good idea.''
试译：would虚拟语气。印度领袖甘地这样回答记者，表明他不相信有现代文明。
如果你住在汽车里，你现在就到家里了。
If you lived in your car, you'd be home by now
注：would虚拟语气。堵车时可以这样劝自己。
如果亚当再回到地球，他唯一能够认识的只有老笑话了。
If Adam came on earth again the only thing he would recognize would be the old jokes.
试译：would虚拟语气。意思是世界全变了，只有亚当时候的老笑话流传了下来。
现在有点儿晚了，希望你们每个人都问问自己，“我是不是真病得那么厉害，我是不是在浪费医生宝贵的时间？”
We’re running a little behind, so I’d like each of you to ask yourself, “Am I really that sick, or would I just be wasting the doctor’s valuable time?”
注：第一个would委婉表达，第二个would表意愿。医生想早点儿回家，让护士对等候看病的人这么说。
你知道，我不知道没有她我会怎么办，但我肯定想找到一种方法。
You know, I don’t know what I’d do without her, but I’d sure like to find out.
注：第一个would虚拟语气，第二个would委婉说法。男人失恋后这么说。
“人生就是那样，亲爱的，”她有时会这么说，但她从来不说人生到底是什么样。
“Life is like that, dear,” she would sometimes say, but she would never say what it was that life was like.
注：would[一种状态]常常。事实上人生什么样谁也说不清楚。
人生比你想象的要容易，所必须的是你要接受不可能发生的事情，忍受不可能忍受的事情。
Life is easier to take than you’d think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, and bear the intolerable.
试译：would常常。意思是人生不容易。
她会是那儿最好的女孩子，
如果不是因为她的脸，她的脚，
她的身材和她的头发。
She’d have been the best girl there
If it wasn’t for her face, her feet,
Her figure and her hair.
试译：would虚拟语气。这么挖苦人不太好吧。
Minnie:我希望活在1000年以前！
Winnie:为什么？
Minnie:因为我就不会有那么多历史要学了。
Minnie: I wish I’d lived a thousand years ago!
Winnie: Why?
Minnie: Because I wouldn’t have had so much history to learn!
注：would虚拟语气。
嘿，如果我有时间，我也想写本书。
Hey, I’d like to write a book, too, if I could find the time.
注：委婉表达。我就经常这么说。
如果我知道，我会去那儿。
If I knew, I’d go there
注：would虚拟语气。我又忘了是哪位大师了，他这样回答记者老生常谈的问题“你的思想是从哪儿来的？”
如果上帝有钱，他也会建（这样的房子）。
Just what God would have done if he had the money.
注：would虚拟语气。上帝参观漂亮的乡村别墅时这么说。
当然已经拆除，否则我就不会坐在这儿跟象你这样的人谈话。
Of course they have, or I wouldn’t be sitting here talking to someone like you.
注：would虚拟语气。又是一位高人，当接受采访时被问到英国阶级障碍是否已被拆除时，他这么回答。作者: 兲蠍囝 时间: 2005-8-29 23:35
