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 IELTS Grammar: I was hoping that...

 雅思語法：我希望…

A student asked me about the phrase "I was hoping that you could help me".

一個學(xué)生問了我一個短語 “我希望你能夠幫助我”。

Why do we use the past tense (was hoping) if we're asking for help now?

如果我們現(xiàn)在正在尋求幫助，那為什么要用過去時was hoping呢？

Here's the answer that I gave the student:

以下是我給這個學(xué)生的答案：

I know it seems strange, but this is a common way to ask for something in English. For example:

我知道這聽看起來很奇怪，但這是用英語問問題的常見方式。例如：

* I was hoping that you could help me = I hope you can help me.

* I was hoping to get your advice = Can you give me your advice?

Perhaps you could think about it like this: the "hoping" happened in my head before I decided to ask for the help.

或許你可以這樣理解：在我決定尋求幫助之前，這個“希望”就已經(jīng)在我的腦海里出現(xiàn)了。

Or you could just see this as a fixed phrase, and a typically English way to ask politely and indirectly!

或者你也可以把它看成一個固定短語，一個典型的英式禮貌的間接尋問。

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