我们虽然学过定语从句和虚拟语气，但在实际运用中不一定会主动想起，甚至很少使用。请看下面这个句子：

My father gave up many chances to work in cities for a higher salary.

从这句话可以推断，父亲并没有去城里工作。但如果他去了，本可以获得更高的薪水。这里其实可以使用一个定语从句，并在其中引入与过去事实相反的虚拟语气：

My father gave up many opportunities to work in cities where he could have earned a higher salary.

这样一来，句子在逻辑和语气上都更加严谨、专业。这也说明，只有在真实语境中独立写作，才能真正理解和运用英语语法；如果只是死记硬背，很难达到这样的表达境界。今天读到的一篇原创英文中，作者就存在类似问题，同时还出现了其他语法和词汇搭配上的错误。看看原文吧，你能发现几个问题？

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一，我发现的问题

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二，分析问题并修改

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（一）全文应该用一般过去时态；only 必须接a little或者a few，这里指酒，庄闲和app所以用a little。

1.My father was a model of self-discipline.He never smoked, and drank only a little on special occasions.

2.He has only a few friends in Shanghai.他在上海只有几个朋友。

（二）动词like 后面接动词不定式或动名词，不能接形容词；传统绘画用painting；在业余时间用介词in。

He liked to be quiet and taught himself traditional painting in his spare time.

（三）根据语境判断，父亲没有去城里工作获取高新，可以用定语从句和虚拟语气；chance(opportunity) to do有机会做某事；在城市用介词in；salary是可数名词；raise up不是抚养，况且raise up代词做宾语必须放中间；raise才是抚养，还有一个动词support更地道。

1.To support our family, he gave up many opportunities to work in cities where he could have earned a higher salary.

2.My teacher often raises me up in English study.在英语学习方面，老师经常鼓励我。

根据语境，优化词汇和语法，我最后修改版本如下

My father was a model of self-discipline.He never smoked, and drank only a little on special occasions. He liked to be quiet and taught himself traditional painting in his spare time. To support our family, he gave up many opportunities to work in cities where he could have earned a higher salary.

我的父亲是自律的典范。他从不抽烟，只在特殊场合偶尔小酌。他好静，闲暇时自学国画。为了支撑我们这个家，他多次放弃了去城市工作的机会——那些他本可以获得更高薪水的地方。

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三，总结

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思考题[烟花]

1.Yesterday afternoon, I found a mobile phone on the playground, and I picked __(it up, up it).

2.Tom was so hungry that he ate __bread( a few, a little, few, little)

3.He has quite __good friends at school(a few, a little, few, little)

4.What a pity ! You didn't find work in Guangzhou in 1997. If you had travelled there to work, you __(get) enough money to build a large house.