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2017考研英语长难句分析每日一句（264）
on the dust jacket of this fine book, stephen jaygould says: "this book stands for reason itself. andso it does-and all would be well were reason the onlyjudge in the creationism/evolution debate.
译文：这部优秀作品的护封上引用了斯蒂芬·杰·古尔德的一句话：“这本书本身就代表了理性。”的确如此——如果理性是创世纪论和进化论之争的唯一裁判，那么一切问题就已解决了。
点睛：第一句话中用了直接引语作宾语。第二句话是对第一句的肯定，破折号后的部分作了进一步的解释。werereason the only judge in the creationism/evolutiondebate其实是省略if的虚拟条件句，相当于if reason were the only judge in thecreationism/evolution debate。
考点归纳：如果虚拟条件句中的谓语部分含有were、had或should，可以将其放在句首，省略连词if，变成倒装句——这就叫做虚拟语气的倒装，是考研英语阅读文章中常常出现的。
*were it not for your help,1 wouldn't have got what i have today.=if it were not for your help,iwouldn't have got what i have today.
要是没有你的帮助，我就不会有今天。
had you come earlier, you would have met him.= if you had come earlier, you would have methim.
你来得早一点儿的话，就可以碰到他了。
*should it rain,the crops would be saved.= were it to rain.the crops would be saved.
假如下雨，庄稼就有救了。
注意：在虚拟语气的从句中，动词be的过去时态一律用were，不用was。
if i were you,1 would go to look for him.
如果我是你，就会去找他。
if he were here, everything would be all right.
如果他在这儿，一切都会好的。
| 重点单词 | 发音 | 解释 |
| evolution | [.i:və'lu:ʃən] | n. 进化，发展，演变 |
| debate | [di'beit] | n. 辩论，讨论 vt. 争论，思考 |