Now let's talk about verbs and phrases that are followed by the subjunctive.

现在让我们来谈谈后面跟虚拟语词和短语。

Well, this is another example of the Subjunctive Mood.

嗯，这是虚拟语另一个例子。

And that is when we use the " Subjunctive mood" .

这就是我们使用“虚拟语”时候。

Let's talk about the subjunctive verb forms.

我们来谈谈虚拟语词形式。

That is one example of the subjunctive.

这是虚拟语一个例子。

Now, as far as the " were" here, this is part of the subjunctive voice.

现在，就这里“were”而言，这是虚拟语一部分。

You use the phrase, if I were when using the subjunctive mood, this is used to talk about hypothetical situations.

你在使用虚拟语时候才会使用“if I were”，虚拟语用于谈论假设情况。

You understood everything? Awesome! Okay click here to watch a video where we use the subjunctive mood in many many different examples.

你都明白了？太棒了！点击这里观看一个视频，里面有很多使用虚拟语不同例子。

Britain and America even have distinctive national refrains with a subjunctive: God save the queen and God bless America.

英国和美国甚至有带有虚拟语独特民族格言：God save the queen and God bless America。

This use of the past subjunctive, the " were" in the previous statements, is not as common now as it used to be.

这种过去虚拟语使用， 即面陈述中“是”，现在不像以普遍了。

But such warnings were issued precisely because British scribblers were, in fact, indulging: use of the subjunctive increased markedly in the 20th century in Britain.

但发出这警告恰恰是因为英国涂鸦者实际上沉迷于：虚拟语使用在 20 世纪英国显着增加。

(The subjunctive of to be is be .) Everyone knows a host of fixed phrases using it, even if they don't realise they are subjunctives.

（to be 虚拟语是 be。）每个人都知道使用它许多固定短语，即使他们没有意识到它们是虚拟语。

An article in the Observer in 1936 referred to " the most remarkable phenomenon in modern American syntax, viz., the pedantic revival of the subjunctive" .

1936 年《观察家报》一篇文章提到“现代美国句法中最显着现象，即虚拟语迂腐复兴”。

The subjunctive mood in general is slowly falling out of use, but it's imperative that you learn it if you want to pass any exam or test in English.

一般来说，虚拟语使用频率正在下降，但是如果你想通过任何英语考试，你必须学会它。

The British English alternative to the subjunctive—using " should" , as in It is essential that every parent should remain supportive—has declined on the islands as the subjunctive has returned.

随着虚拟语回归，英式英语替代虚拟语——使用“should”，如 It is essential that every parent should remain supportive——在岛上已经衰落。

And that there is companying audio for that lesson so that I can go away and I can listen to a discussion of the subjunctive in Spanish with a lot of examples.

这堂课有配套音频，这我就可以走着听，我可以听一听用西班牙语讲虚拟语，附带很多例子。

The subjunctive in question is the present one, which can be distinguished by the lack of the usual -s on first- and third-person singular verbs, as in take instead of takes.

所讨论虚拟语是现在时，可以通过第一人称和第三人称单数词上缺少通常 -s 来区分，例如用 take 代替 takes。

I agree if by " the teaching of formal grammar" is meant memorizing the parts of speech or rehearsing the distinction between dependent and independent clauses or listing the uses of the subjunctive.

我同意“正式语法教学”是否意味着记忆词性或排练从属子句和独立子句之间区别或列出虚拟语用法。

" I wish he were here." " If only I were taller." " I would rather he played outside more often instead of always sitting on the computer." These are examples of the subjunctive mood.

“我希望他在这里。”“要是我再高一点就好了。”“我宁愿他经常在外面玩，而不是总是坐在电脑。”这些是虚拟语例子。

Another British commentator, Catherine Nesbitt, feared the return of the subjunctive was " now spreading so rapidly that, if left unchecked, it will do real damage to the structure of the language" .

另一位英国评论员凯瑟琳·内斯比特 (Catherine Nesbitt) 担心虚拟语回归“现在传播得如此之快，如果任其发展，它将对语言结构造成真正损害”。