詳解： there be與情態(tài)動詞連用

there be句式有時可以與情態(tài)動詞連用。

■與 can / could 連用

There can be no doubt about that. 那是毫無疑問的。
Without heavy industry there can be no economic advance. 沒有重工業(yè)，就沒有經(jīng)濟的發(fā)展。
If the police hadn’t closed the road there could have been a bad accident. 要不是警方關(guān)閉了道路，本來會發(fā)生嚴重車禍的。

■與may / might 連用
There might still be hope. 可能還有希望。
There may be a letter for me. 大概有我一封信。
There may be a storm tomorrow. 明天可能有風(fēng)暴。
At the end there may be an index. 結(jié)尾處可能有索引。
There might be drinks if you wait for a bit. 如果你等一會兒，可能會有飲料。
There may be more importance in it than would seem. 它的重要意義可能要比看上去大。

■與must 連用
There must be a mistake. 一定是弄錯了。
He felt there must be something wrong. 他感到準有什么問題。
There must be somebody at home—ring again. 家里肯定有人——再按一下鈴。
There must be some book which could help. 一定有那么本書可以幫我們的忙。
That can’t be the only way. There must be other ways of solving the problem. 那不是解決問題的唯一辦法，肯定有另外的辦法。

■與 should 連用
There shouldn’t be any doubt about it. 對此不應(yīng)有什么懷疑。
It is important that there should be afire escape. 要有一個太平梯，這很重要。
The widow begged that there should be no reprisals. 遺孀祈求不要去搞復(fù)仇。

■與 ought to 連用
There ought to be a comma here. 這兒應(yīng)有一個逗號。
There shouldn’t be any doubt about it. 對此不應(yīng)有什么懷疑。
There ought to be traffic lights at this crossroads. 這個十字路口應(yīng)該有紅綠燈。
There ought to be enough of a fire left up there. 上面那兒殘留的火勢該夠大了。
There oughtn’t to have been any difficulty about it 此事本不應(yīng)有什么困難。

■與 used to 連用
There used to be a small park just around the corner. 以前在那個拐角就有一個小公園。
There are more flowers than there used to he. 現(xiàn)在比過去花兒更多了。
There used to be a cinema here, didn’t there? 過去這兒是有一家電影院的，是嗎?
There used to be a hospital here. 原來這里有家醫(yī)院。
There used to be four cinemas in the town, now there is only one. 過去這座城市有四家電影院。現(xiàn)在只有一家了。

好了，以上的講解，同學(xué)們是否都了解了呢？還請同學(xué)們在日常的學(xué)習(xí)中一定要勤加練習(xí)，在具體的句子中加以理解，一切問題就可以迎刃而解了。