如果昨天是明天的話就好了,這樣今天就週五了。有兩個答案,只要將昨天同明天重疊,再設定週五為假設嘅今天,就可以搵到今天係乜。簡單用 Excel 睇就知發生乜事:
問題 : 句中今天是週幾?
當然,如果講呢條問題,就唔會構成每日一字嘅題材。要講嘅係英文版本:
Samuel said, "If yesterday was tomorrow, today would be Friday." When did Samuel speak?或者會問,中文同英文有分別嗎? 答案係有,中文同英文都有時間嘅慨念,但中文字無英文字嘅時態。時態,造就咗關鍵嘅分別。
"If yesterday was tomorrow" 係過去式,咁即係 Yesterday 已經過咗去... 即係今日係星期日... 好似係... 錯囉...
因為英文係可以用過去式表達未來嘅嘢。用得 If, 基本上已經構成 Conditional Sentence. 用 Past Tense 表示不可能嘅假設 (昨天無可能係明天),之後嘅 would + infinitive 講緊件事未發生。未發生嘅就只可能係明天,所以今天係星期三。
有興趣去睇睇 Conditional Sentence 四式。
P.S.: 搵到另一個句式,解法好似又唔同了...
A teacher says to her class "I wish yesterday was tomorrow, because today would be Friday" What day did she say this on?
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