问
Never try to carry the pan out of the kitchen. You might get burnt and might drop the pan of burning oil. [《高中英语教科书》第一册(下),人教社,p.5]
该书在《课文注释》(p.134)中说：“You might … 这是个虚拟条件句，省略了条件从句。但虚拟条件可以从上文中看出来，即：
If you tried to carry the pan out of the kitchen, you might get burnt ...”
请问上面的句子 You might ... oil. 是省略了 If you tried to ... 这个虚拟条件从句吗？
答
从上下文来看,省略了的虚拟条件从句不应当是 If you tried to ... 而应当是 If you carried ...。因为 tried to 常常含有试图做而没有做成的意思(参见 try to do/manage to do),而上面的含有 might 的主句的情景是以“你真的把油锅拿出厨房”这个虚拟的条件为前题的。请注意 tried 的含义:
Office workers tried to put out the fire, but it was impossible to control it. 办公室的工作人员曾经试图把火扑灭，但是控制住火势已是不可能的了。