AFTER THE THEATRE
Jane and Robert are leaving the theatre after the play. They have enjoyed the play and are now discussing it.
Robert: Well, how did you enjoy1 the play, Jane?
Jane: Oh, enormously! I thought the production2 was really brilliant, and so was the acting.3
Robert: If Neilson hadn't been ill, it would have been even better. They say he's wonderful in the part of the inspector.4
Jane: But his understudy5 was very good too, particularly in the last act. Of course the plot was rather absurd-Robert: It usually is in detective plays.
Jane: Take the wife, for instance. She didn't behave like a normal human being at all. If she had only owned up to her husband,6 he would have settled the whole business in no
time.7
Robert: But she was supposed to be a dumb blonde.8 And if she hadn't been, there wouldn't have been a plot, would there?
Jane: And you know, there wouldn't have been a second murder if the inspector hadn't told everybody about his plans.
Robert:
But then the audience would have had to go home at the end of the first act.
I'll be very good from now on
Jane: Then take that episode with the revolver. If he had had any sense, he would have told his wife about the gun in stead of trying to hide it.
Robert: It's a pity you didn't write the play Jane. If you had,9 you would have made a much better job of it.10 The wife would have confessed to her husband, he would have told the inspector and there wouldn't have been any corpses. A much better play altogether. Not a thriller, of course...
Jane: Stop making fun of me,11 Robert. I've always been very
interested in the theatre. My mother was an actress, you know. If she hadn't given up the stage12 when she got married, she would have become famous.
Robert: And if you hadn't taken up shorthand and typing,13 you would have become a great dramatist, I suppose.
Jane: Well, as a matter of fact,14 a sketch I wrote has been performed by our local dramatic society,15 and I'm working on another right now,16 for our anniversary celebrations.17
Robert: Really, Jane? You must show it to me.
Jane: Not until it's ready.18 I might send you a ticket for the opening.19 But only if you behave.20
Robert: I'll be very good from now on.21
ВЫБРАННЫЕ ПРЕДЛОЖЕНИЯ
Предложения, записанные на плёнку, состоят из двух частей. После первой части следует пауза, а затем записана вторая часть предложения. Исключением является третье предложение, которое состоит только из одной части:
If Neilson hadn't been ill, ..... ... the acting would have been better. If the wife had owned up to her husband ..... ... he would have settled the whole business. Then there wouldn't have been a plot. If the inspector hadn't told everybody about his
plans, .....
... there wouldn't have been a second murder. If the husband had had any sense, ..... ... he would have trusted his wife a bit more. If you had written the play, Jane, ..... ... you would have made a much better job of it.
ПОЯСНЕНИЯ
1 how did you enjoy? как вам поправилось?
2 the production здесь: режиссура, постановка
3 the acting игра актёров
4 the inspector; как видно из текста, речь идёт об инспекторе (офицере) полиции.
5 understudy дублёр (актёр, замещающий в случае болезни другого актёра, играющего данную роль)
6 If she had only owned up to her husband если бы только она призналась своему мужу
7 in no time сразу, немедленно, безотлагательно
8 she was supposed to be a dumb blond предполагалось, что она должна была быть глуповатой блондинкой
9 It you had = if you had written the play
10 You would have made a much better job of it ты бы сделала это гораздо лучше
11 Stop making fun of me перестань надо мной смеяться, перестань высмеивать меня.
12 If she hadn't given up the stage..* если бы она не оставила сцены...
13 shorthand and typing стенография и машинопись
14 as a matter of fact собственно говоря, в сущности
15 dramatic society драматический кружок
16 right now именно сейчас
17 anniversary celebrations празднование годовщины
18 Not until it's ready только тогда, когда будет готов
19 the opening премьера
20 it you behave если будешь хорошо вести себя
21 from now on на будущее
ГРАММАТИЧЕСКИЙ КОММЕНТАРИЙ
Условные предложения (II)
1. В данной сценке встречается много условных предложений иного типа, чем те, о которых упоминалось в комментарии к сценке 6. Например:
If she had owned up to her husband, he would have settled the whole business in no time*
Если бы она призналась своему мужу, он бы сразу всё устроил.
It he had had any sense, he would have told his wife about the gun.
Если бы он был более рассудительным, он бы сказал своей жене о пистолете.
ft she hadn't given up the stage when she got married, she would have become famous.
Если бы она не оставила сцены, когда вышла замуж, она стала бы известной актрисой.
Все эти предложения относятся к прошлому. В них идёт речь об условиях, которые не были выполнены, поэтому то, что предполагалось, не осуществилось. Если бы она призналась своему мужу, он бы сразу всё устроил", но она не призналась, и всё было иначе. Если бы она не оставила сцены, она стала бы известной актрисой", но она оставила сцену и не сделала карьеры.
В английском языке в главном предложении употребляется сослагательное наклонение, т.е. сочетание should или would, слабая форма 'd [d] которого очень часто встречается, + глагол have + Past Participle смыслового глагола:
She would have confessed,
В придаточном предложении после if глагол-сказуемое имеет форму Past Perfect (в значении Subjunctive).
2. Иногда встречаются условные предложения, состоящие только из одного (главного) предложения, если предыдущее предложение имеет придаточное с if.
Джейн говорит:
There wouldn't have been a second murder if the inspector hadn't told everybody about his plans.
На это Роберт отвечает единичным условным предложением:
But then the audience would have had to go home at the end of the first act.
3. Порядок предложений в сложночподчинённом условном предложении не является строго определённым. Предложение может начинаться с придаточного с if (как в пункте 1), а также с главного (предложения (как в примере к пункту 2 в словах Jane). Запятая ставится только тогда, если в начале сложно-подчинённого предложения стоит придаточное предложение (с if).
УПРАЖНЕНИЯ
I. Заполните пропуски, используя слова из сценки 9:
1. If Neil son hadn't been ill, the acting ...
2. If the wife hadn't been a dumb blonde, there ... a plot.
3. If there hadn't been a second murder, the audience ...
4. If the husband had had any sense, he ...
5. If Jane had written the play, she ...
6. If the wife had confessed to her husband and if he had told the inspector, there ... corpses.
II. Заполните пропуски в следующих предложениях по образцу первого:
1. Тот isn't coming to our party tonight. He would come if he weren't so busy. Tom didn't come to our party last night. He would have come if he hadn't been so busy.
2. Jim and Maggie are not going on a cruise this summer. They would go if they had more money. Jim and Maggie didn't go on a cruise last summer. They...
3. Harry Jones' father is ill.
His family wouldn't be going through such a difficult time if he weren't ill.
Harry Jones' father was ill last year. His family ...
4. Harry is doing a newspaper round.
He wouldn't be so late in the mornings if he weren't doing a newspaper round.
Harry was doing a newspaper round last term. He ...
5. The garden is in a shocking state.
It wouldn't be in such a shocking state if Jim weren't so busy with his carpentry.
The garden was in a shocking state last year.
It...
III. Измените следующие предложения по образцу первого:
1. The production was really brilliant and the acting was really brilliant The production was really brilliant, and so was the acting.
2. The first act was very good and the last act was very good.
3. Jane goes to evening classes and Jim goes to evening classes. (здесь используйте вспомогательный глагол does)
4. Jane is learning Russian and Robert is learning Russian.
5. Jane enjoyed the play and Robert enjoyed the play. (используйте вспомогательный глагол did)
6. Maggie would like to go abroad and Jim would like to go abroad. (используйте would)