(4) 在suppose，assume，see (to it), make sure / certain，take care，be careful，mind，watch等后的賓語從句中可用一般現在時表示將來意義。如：

Suppose a company has a new breakfast cereal that it wants to sell. 假設有個公司想出售一種新的早餐麥片粥。

I assume you always get up at the same time. 我想你總是在同一個時間起床。

See that the windows and doors are fastened. 留心一定要把門窗關牢。

When you start the engine, you must see to it that the car is in neutral. 開發動機時,一定要使汽車的離合器處于空檔位置。

Take care that you don’t drink too much. 當心別喝得太多了。

Please make sure that the house is locked before you leave. 請你確信是鎖上房間后才離開的。

Be careful how you start the personal computer. 要注意怎樣起動個人計算機。

Watch what I do and how I do it. 注意我的動作和方法。

Mind you read the examination questions carefully before you begin to answer them. 在答題前要注意仔細閱讀考題。

(5) 在it doesn’t matter, I don’t care, I don’t mind 等后的名詞性從句也通常用一般現在時表示將來意義。如：

It doesn't matter if I miss this bus, I can walk. 如果我錯過了公共汽車不要緊，我可以步行。

What does it matter where he goes? 他去哪里又有什么關系呢？

I don’t really care whether I win or lose the game. 對這場比賽我實際上并不在乎輸贏。

Don’t you care what happens to them? 難道你不關心他們出什么事了？

I don’t care what people say. 我不在乎別人說什么。

I don’t mind how you do it, as long as you get it done quickly. 我不在乎你怎么做，只要你快點做好就行。

(6) 當主句為用將來時態時，定語從句通常可用一般現在時表將來。如：

You can have anything I find. 我找到的任何東西你都可以拿去。

Anyone who breaks the law will be punished. 任何犯法的人都將受到懲罰。

Give the books to those who need them。把書給那些需要的人。

They will fly to Nanjing, where they plan to stay for two or three days. 他們要乘飛機去南南京，他們打算在那兒呆兩三天。

Don’t talk about such things as you don’t understand. 不要談論你不懂的事情。

四、一般現在時表過去

(1)少數動詞如tell, say, hear, learn, gather等，用一般現在時表示過去發生的動作。如：

Alice tells me you will leave tomorrow. 艾利斯告訴我你明天離開。

Mary says she is entering college next year. 瑪麗說她明年上大學。

I hear that his son has gone to London. 我聽說他兒子到倫敦去了。

I gather she’s ill, and that’s why she hasn’t come. 我推測她病了，這是她沒有來的原因。

I gather she won the first prize, since she came out of the hall with a crowd of reporters following her. 我猜想她是得頭獎了,因為她從大廳里出來時后面跟著一群記者。

(2) 當要陳述一個客觀事實時，有時即使有過去時間狀語也可用一般現在時。如：

The novel is set in 17th- century Spain. 這本小說以十七世紀的西班牙為背景。

The movie is set in the Anti-Japanese war. 這部電影以抗日戰爭為背景。

The story begins in the year 1937. 故事開始于1937年。

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