be在虚拟语气中的形式请问下面de句子是否正确.Whenhewasachild,heaskedmetotellstories.Whenapencilispartlyinaglassofwater,itlooksasifitwasbroken.那为什么我在做题时，下面这道题要选CWhenapencil

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be在虚拟语气中的形式
请问下面de句子是否正确.
When he was a child,he asked me to tell stories.
When a pencil is partly in a glass of water ,it looks as if it was broken.
那为什么我在做题时，下面这道题要选C
When a pencil is partly in a glass of water ,it looks as if it ---
A.breaks B.has broken C.was broken D.had been broken

Answer 1

第二句后面'... as if it was broken' 不对, 应该是 '... as if it were broken.'
现代英语里表示和事实相反要用'be'的时候不管是什么人称什么数目都是用 'were'. 早期英语里(如莎士比亚时代)的虚拟形态要比现代英语复杂, 不过这是另外一个话题. 现代英语的'be'记住'were'就行了, 清楚了吗?
我是美籍华人英语老师, 有问题再来问, QQ也可以.