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今天我们接着来看第89课的“每课一句”。
一、课文原文
Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue
People will do anything to see a free show - even if it is a bad one. When the news got round that a comedy show would be presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company, we all rushed to see it. We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began. Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest we have ever seen. Those who failed to get in need not have felt disappointed as many of the artistes who should have appeared did not come. The only funny things we heard that evening came from the advertiser at the beginning of the programme. He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood awkwardly before the microphone. As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone burst out laughing. We all know what the poor man should have said, but what he actually said was: 'This is the Poo and Ee Seed Bird Company. Good ladies, evening and gentlemen!'
——选自《新概念英语》第二册，外语教学与研究出版社，1997年10月第1版
二、每课一句
When the news got round that a comedy show would be presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company, we all rushed to see it.
注意本句中的that所引导的从句为同位语从句，用来修饰the news。
所谓同位语，是指一个名词（或其它形式）对另一个名词进行解释或说明，而这个名词（或其它形式）就是另一个名词的同位语。同位语和被解释说明的词在逻辑上是主表关系。
同位语从句与被其解释或说明的词在逻辑上也是主表关系。
以上句话为例，句中的that从句就是同位语从句，它是the news的同位语，两者的关系可以表示为：
The news is that a comedy would be presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company.
即：
the news是主语，而that从句是表语。
需要注意的是，与定语从句不同的是，同位语从句本身并不缺成分，that只起连接作用，不在从句中充当任何句子成分。
比如：
1) The fact that he is a spy surprises us all.
2) The fact that he told us just now surprised us all.
第1句中的that从句不缺成分，说明该从句为同位语从句，其意思是：他是个间谍的事实让我们每个人都很惊讶。
第2句中的that从句缺宾语，说明该从句为定语从句，其意思是：他刚才告诉我们的事实让我们每个人都很惊讶。
三、更多拓展
Those who failed to get in need not have felt disappointed as many of the artistes who should have appeared did not come.
注意这句话中的need not have felt disappointed和shoul have appeared属于“情态动词+have done”表虚拟语气的用法，表示“原本不必”或“本应该”，是对已经发生的事实的虚拟假设，往往是与实际情况相反或不符合实际情况的。
该用法在第二册第41课里早就出现过了，比如：
'You needn't have said that,' my wife answered.
句中的needn't have said that就表示“本不必那么说的”，也就是“原本不必做某事”，但事实上已经做了。
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