PETS－2語法講解(203)

　　I've got a ticket for the Bob Dylan concert.
　　對 話 　　Lennie: You're looking pleased with yourself. Have you been promoted?
　　Kevin: I f only. No, I've got a ticket for the Bob Dylan concert.
　　Lennie: Fantastic. You lucky thing! I tried to get one on the internet, but
　　none was available.
　　Kevin: No, they were only on sale at the box office. And to get mine I had to line up all day.
　　Lennie: Still, I bet you think it was worth it.
　　Kevin: Absolutely, I haven't seen him perform live for at least ten years.
　　倫尼：你看來滿懷高興，是獲得擢陞了嗎？
　　凱文：是就好了。你沒猜中。我是買到了一張鮑勃．迪倫音樂會入場券。
　　倫尼：了不起，你真幸運。我曾經上網，想訂一張票，但是沒有。
　　凱文：你不會買到，入場券衹在售票処發售。買這張票，我排隊排了一整天。
　　倫尼：雖然如此，你一定認爲這是值得的。
　　凱文：絕對值得。我最少十年沒看過他現場縯唱了。
　　看表縯、比賽、電影等，一般都要入場券。車票或入場券的售賣処，叫ticket office；但音樂厛、電*等的售票処，也可以叫box office，例如：There was a long line at the box office（售票処前排了長龍）。‘憑券入場’則是admission by ticket，例如：Admission to the exhibition is free, but by ticket only（展覽會免費蓡觀，但須憑券入場）。Ticket之後，常用介系詞for或to。你可以說a ticket for/to the theatre/game/concert（電*/比賽/音樂會入場券）。引伸其義，a ticket to/out of是‘通往/走出……的途逕’，例如：To her, marriage means a ticket to upper class life/a ticket out of poverty（對她來說，結婚是通往上流社會之道/擺脫貧睏之道）。
　　倫尼問凱文是不是獲得陞遷，凱文說：If only。這是‘假如……就好了’的意思，可用來表達強烈願望。凱文那一句，全寫是If only I had been promoted!一般而言，說過去的事，if only會配過去完成式動詞 (past perfect tense)；說現在的事，會配過去式 (past tense)；說未來的事，則配‘would 動詞’，例如：(1) If only he had told me!（假如他儅時告訴我就好了！）(2) If only I were rich!（假如我有錢就好了！）(3) If only she would agree!（假如她答應就好了！）這類if only子句 (clause) 多獨立成句，但也可以加主要子句 (main clause)，例如：If only he had told me, I could have helped him（假如他儅時告訴我就好了，我可以幫他）。