PETS－2语法讲解(203)

　　I've got a ticket for the Bob Dylan concert.
　　对 话 　　Lennie: You're looking pleased with yourself. Have you been promoted?
　　Kevin: I f only. No, I've got a ticket for the Bob Dylan concert.
　　Lennie: Fantastic. You lucky thing! I tried to get one on the internet, but
　　none was available.
　　Kevin: No, they were only on sale at the box office. And to get mine I had to line up all day.
　　Lennie: Still, I bet you think it was worth it.
　　Kevin: Absolutely, I haven't seen him perform live for at least ten years.
　　伦尼：你看来满怀高兴，是获得擢升了吗？
　　凯文：是就好了。你没猜中。我是买到了一张鲍勃．迪伦音乐会入场券。
　　伦尼：了不起，你真幸运。我曾经上网，想订一张票，但是没有。
　　凯文：你不会买到，入场券只在售票处发售。买这张票，我排队排了一整天。
　　伦尼：虽然如此，你一定认为这是值得的。
　　凯文：绝对值得。我最少十年没看过他现场演唱了。
　　看表演、比赛、电影等，一般都要入场券。车票或入场券的售卖处，叫ticket office；但音乐厅、电*等的售票处，也可以叫box office，例如：There was a long line at the box office（售票处前排了长龙）。‘凭券入场’则是admission by ticket，例如：Admission to the exhibition is free, but by ticket only（展览会免费参观，但须凭券入场）。Ticket之后，常用介系词for或to。你可以说a ticket for/to the theatre/game/concert（电*/比赛/音乐会入场券）。引伸其义，a ticket to/out of是‘通往/走出……的途径’，例如：To her, marriage means a ticket to upper class life/a ticket out of poverty（对她来说，结婚是通往上流社会之道/摆脱贫困之道）。
　　伦尼问凯文是不是获得升迁，凯文说：If only。这是‘假如……就好了’的意思，可用来表达强烈愿望。凯文那一句，全写是If only I had been promoted!一般而言，说过去的事，if only会配过去完成式动词 (past perfect tense)；说现在的事，会配过去式 (past tense)；说未来的事，则配‘would + 动词’，例如：(1) If only he had told me!（假如他当时告诉我就好了！）(2) If only I were rich!（假如我有钱就好了！）(3) If only she would agree!（假如她答应就好了！）这类if only子句 (clause) 多独立成句，但也可以加主要子句 (main clause)，例如：If only he had told me, I could have helped him（假如他当时告诉我就好了，我可以帮他）。