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16) Conditionals
311）It is absolutely vital to reconcile freedom with basic discipline in raising your child. If you indulge him too much, you will spoil him.
312) "I was fed up with school, because if I was conspicuous I was excluded from the activities of my group." "That's true of our society as a whole."
313) "I wonder if this painting is a genuine Van Gogh?" "I don't think so. It's a fake, that's for sure. If it were real, it wouldn't be in an obscure hotel like this."
314）"If I were you, I would make better use of it," Betty suggested. Amy reacted with rage, "Mind your own business. It has nothing to do with you."
315）Matt didn't bother to hide his anger. "If it weren't for the fact that he is senior to me, I'd punch him in the face and pour this coffee on his bald head."
316) The last train was due in 20 minutes and I made it to the station just in time to catch it. If I had missed it, I would have had to take a taxi home.
317) The vice president said, "If it hadn't been for that extraordinary PC boom, we couldn't have expanded our modest enterprise into a multimedia giant."
318) "If he had consulted a better specialist, he would still be alive." "What do you say to charging him with malpractice?" "He would never acknowledge it."
319) The literary critic remarked, "If I were asked how I felt when I happened to read his novel, I could compare it to love at first sight."
320) We ought not to tolerate excessive packaging. If we were to put an end to this wasteful practice, we would be able to reduce both cost and garbage.
321）We had to undergo a major transformation, during which scores of people were laid off, but without such a restructuring effort, we couldn't have survived.
322) I cautioned him, "It would be imprudent, not to say foolish, to rely on your instincts and intuition all the time. You ought to use your common sense."
323) The economist warned, "A partial treatment for the serious but stable condition would do the economy more harm than good."
324）Not knowing the appropriate manners for the formal occasion, I felt so embarrassed that I could have sunk into the floor.
325）Now and then, the would-be painter sighs and wishes he were endowed with an artistic talent for painting masterpieces like Renoir's.
326) "I wish I hadn't lost my temper and said such a nasty thing to her," Don lamented, "I wish she would forgive me."
327) "Would it be all right if I used your mobile phone?" "By all means. Let's see ... There it is. It's in the right-hand corner, next to the TV set."
328) The note said, "I'd be grateful if you would promptly deliver the commodities listed below, along with the usual goods."
329) "I wonder if you could help me with my homework? I'm really stuck. No matter how I read it, this paragraph doesn't seem to make sense."
330) "Do you mind if I smoke?" I asked. She cleared her throat and replied, "I'd rather you didn't. Honestly, I have an allergy to cigarette smoke."
331）She looked as if she were about to burst into tears, when all at once she burst out laughing as though she had gone mad.
