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6、虚拟语气省略条件从句或主句
    表示虚拟语气的条件句的主句或从句有时可以省略，而省略部分的含义仍有所体现。
    1）省略条件从句，如：
    It would be very nice.
    You could have done it yourself. (省略If you had wanted to.上下文可以看出You didn’t want to.) (Fact: You didn’t do the work yourself because you didn’t want to.)
    I wouldn’t smoke. (省略If I were you.) (表面上说我，实际上说你。这是一种委婉的表达法。（Fact: You smoke very often. I advise you not to smoke any more.）
    2）省略主句：在强调条件从句时，常省略主句，这种句子常表示一种“已不能实现”的愿望，主要用于If only 引导的感叹句中。
    For example:
    If only he were here!
    If only I knew more!
    If only he had stayed with us!
   
    Now let’s do some translation:
    要是我听了他的建议就好了！
    If only I had taken his advice!
    我如果是一只鸟就好了！
    If only I were a bird.
    快用If only 造三个句子，表达你的愿望！
    If only I could live in a big apartment!
    If only I were a billionaire!
    If only I could marry her/him!