疯狂英语口语绝招脱口而出经典If it hadnt been for...
038. If it hadn’t been for...
要是没有……
[句型解析]
“If it hadn’t been for...?”意为“要是没有；要不是”，后加名词, 主句通常用虚拟语气。我们也可以用“Without...” 来表达同一个意思。
[实例]
1. If it hadn’t been for your help, my experiments would have failed.
没有你的帮助，我的实验不可能成功。
2. If it hadn’t been for the lifeboat, I would have drowned.
没有救生圈，我就淹死了。
3. If it hadn’t been for her careful arrangement, the party would not have been a success.
没有她的精心安排，这次晚会将不会成功。
4. Without my persuasion, he would not have come.
没有我的劝说，他不会来。
5. Without your financial support, we could not have finished the project.
没有你的经济支持，我们无法完成这个计划。
[实战练习]
Woman: Where’s my son?
妇女：我儿子在哪儿？
Fireman: Don’t worry, Miss, your son will be fine. We sent him to the hospital.
消防队员: 别担心，女士。我们送你儿子去医院了，他会没事的。
Woman: Thank you so much.
妇女：真谢谢你。
Fireman: You’re welcome.
消防队员: 不用谢。
Woman: Without your help my son would have died in that fire.
妇女：没有你们的帮助，我儿子就会死在这次火灾之中了。
Fireman: We got here just in time. A minute later and it would have been almost impossible to save him.
消防队员: 我们赶到得很及时。再晚一分钟可能就救不了他了
