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虚拟语态的形式It was a day in march.Sarah was crying over the menu.

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虚拟语态的形式
It was a day in march.Sarah was crying over the menu.To explain this you may guess that the oysters were not listed,or that she had ordered onions,or that she had just come from the cinema.But all your guesses are wrong,you'll please let the story continue.
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提问:这是《Spring on the menu》的前一段话,这故事是用过去式写的,可这里的段话有were也有are,
虚拟语态的形式It was a day in march.Sarah was crying over the menu.
were是在guess的这种语境下的谓语动词,是假设的语气,所以用过去时态,后面的are是与前面的“you may guess”并列的,所以用现在时态.这段话的背景材料用的是过去时态,但是“you guess”是相对与现在的人来讲的,因而用现在时态.