【问】 I request that she come here tomorrow.请问这里的come是否应改为comes或willcome? 【答】 在美国英语里,像request,ask,insist,suggest,demand这样的动词,要求其宾语从句的谓语动词使用现在时虚拟语气,而在英国英语里则要求使用should+动词原形或现在时虚拟语气(在正式语体里): 1. I requested that he leave. (LDCE) 我要求他离开。 2. It is requested that a vote be taken.(UED) 人们要求进行投票。 3. I suggest (that) he apply for the job. (LEG) 我建议他申请这份工作。 4. They insisted that we not eat meat. (CGEL) 他们坚持我们不要吃肉。 5. The employees have demanded the manager resign.(CGEL) 雇员们要求经理辞职。 6. I have asked that this proposal be submitted to a special committee in Dublin.(Yeats) 我要求这项提议交给都伯林的一个特别委员会。 7. I asked that I (should) be allowed to see her.(LDCE) 我要求允许我去见她。 8. They demanded that the right to vote be given to every adult man. (Hazen) 他们要求给每个成年人以选举权。 属于此类用法的动词还有:agree,allow,arrange,command,decree,desire,intend,move,order,propose,recommend,require,resolve,urge等等。 请做下面的试题: 1. He asked that it________ clone right away. A. is B. be C. shall be D. must be(TOEFL 教程) 2. “Was the housemaster strict?”“Yes.He requested that we____television on weeknights.” A. not watch B. must not to watch C. not be watching D. have not watched(TOEFL,72.10;73.1) 3. The teacher required that all the students are polite to others. (TOEFL,73.1) 4. We strongly suggest that Smith is told about his physical condition as soon as possible.(攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题,82A) 5. I____that the meeting be closed at once. A. suppose B. propose C. believe D. think(TOEFL 教程) 6. I recommend that you all are diligent if you want to pass the exam. (TOEFL,73. 1) 7. I____that he be punished. A. desire B. suppose C. think D. believe(TOEFL 教程) 8. They____that we take these steps. A. believe B. think C. suppose D. urge(TOEFL 教程) 9. I____that she come here soon. A. suppose B. demand C. think D. believe(Nelson) 10. It was ordered____put in order. A. the classroom to be B. that the classroom be C. the classroom to D. that the classroom was(日本高考试题,81) 11. It is____that the meeting be closed. A. nice B. good C. useful D. resolved(TOEFL 教程) 12. Many students urged that the library be kept open during the vacation. A. complained B. thought C. asked earnestly D. applied(TOEFL)