will與would的用法

■表示意志或意愿：決心，愿意，……好嗎？

We will do our best to save the child. 我們會盡力搶救這個孩子。

I told her to stop crying, but she just wouldn’t listen. 我叫她別哭,可她就是不愿聽。

注：表示請求、建議或征求對方意見時，用Would you…? 比用Will you…?更婉轉。如：

Will/Would you please keep the door open?請讓門開著好嗎？

Will/Would you go with me?你愿意和我一起去嗎?

■表示真理或習慣：慣于，總是

Oil will float on water. 沒總是浮在水面上。

She will listen to music alone in her room for hours. 他獨自在房間里聽音樂，一聽往往就是幾小時。

He would get up early when he lived in the country. 他住在鄉下時總是早起。

■表示要求：一定，必須

You will report to me afterward. 你稍后一定要向我報告。

■表示猜測：可能，大概

This will be the house you’re looking for. 這大概就是你找的那所房子了。

I think he would accept the invitation. 我想他會接受邀請的。

■表示功能：能

This auditorium will/would seat one thousand people. 這個禮堂能容納一千人。

■would like表示愿意

I would like to have a word with you. 我想同你說句話。

Would you like a cup of tea? 請你喝杯茶好嗎？

■would rather…than…寧愿……也不愿……

I would rather fail than cheat in the examination. 我寧愿考不及格，也不愿意考試作弊。

■would與used to的比較

(1) 兩者都可以表示過去經常做某事，常可互換。如：

When I was young I used to/would get up early. 我年青時經常早起。

(2) 下列三種情況要用used to，不用would：

◇強調與現在的對比時；

◇在故事開頭時；

◇與be, stay, belong, live, like , think, know等狀態動詞連用時。如：

He doesn’t work hard as he used to. 他不像以前那樣努力了。

We used to swim every day when we were children. We would run down to the lake and jump in…我們小時候天天游泳。我們會跑到湖邊，跳進水里……

They used to live here, didn’t they? 他們以前住在這里，是不是？

(3) 與時間段或與表示“有時”意義的sometimes, at times, now and then, from time to time等連用時，宜用would。如：

He would sit like that for hours. 他會像那樣一坐就是幾個鐘。

Sometimes the boys would play a trick on the teacher. 有時孩子們會戲弄老師。