Will it be expensive4 T# d) W* d" R. o
—I should/would think so./I should think it would.I shouldn’t think it would./I shouldn’t/wouldn’t think so./I should/would think not.
5 s$ J4 L' S; c# m* G* g7 e S/ v —这个会很贵吗?6 c% ~( _1 c- A* `, R
—我想是的。/我想不。 _3 a& G0 d0 Y- }
回答这一类问题时,回答人暗示他并不确实知道,只是凭印象而言。 I should/would think 表示的语气没有I think那么肯定。
4 V2 N9 g; p% A. ] should/would think引导一个附加评论时,一般不能用so/ not。这时必须使用that从句:: y/ j5 N3 n* o1 }$ N
—He’s an astrologer, looking for work.
, T+ K; F5 p* [# t' q* ?/ r —I shouldn’t/wouldn’t think that he’d find it easy to get work.
6 F7 N# ^7 B& A8 X —他是一个星相家,正在找工作。
0 n! I, b) y w5 E2 l& C3 q —我想他大概不会感到找到一份工作是容易的。
! l6 i1 b$ o, a2 Y i 如果评论发生在过去的动作,可以用should/would have thought:
8 A2 U9 `0 i4 a" F. D8 r9 U —He actually got a job as an astrologer.* I: J# G9 @. C3 ^
—I shouldn’t/wouldn’t have thought that it was possibe to do that.
0 k- M( w8 ]; ` ~" |) z —他真的以星相家的身份找了一份工作。
9 y7 _; w8 [ l7 i- K8 R —我本来认为那是不可能的。
$ x5 S, t' K X' q7 Y( D should/would have expected+不定式结构/that从句也是可行的。有时非人称代词you可代替I:
; c8 e: m6 q: m —She has emigrated.. \1 j: l, ?( y' `7 i% t3 h. O7 w
—Has she? You’d/I’d have expected her to stay in this country.
5 p7 Z( c6 V! ^9 G* U. z —她移居国外了。# r- z; `: u4 N& `- r
—是吗?人们/我还以为她会留在国内的。 |