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 IELTS Grammar: I was hoping that...

 雅思语法：我希望…

A student asked me about the phrase "I was hoping that you could help me".

一个学生问了我一个短语 “我希望你能够帮助我”。

Why do we use the past tense (was hoping) if we're asking for help now?

如果我们现在正在寻求帮助，那为什么要用过去时was hoping呢？

Here's the answer that I gave the student:

以下是我给这个学生的答案：

I know it seems strange, but this is a common way to ask for something in English. For example:

我知道这听看起来很奇怪，但这是用英语问问题的常见方式。例如：

* I was hoping that you could help me = I hope you can help me.

* I was hoping to get your advice = Can you give me your advice?

Perhaps you could think about it like this: the "hoping" happened in my head before I decided to ask for the help.

或许你可以这样理解：在我决定寻求帮助之前，这个“希望”就已经在我的脑海里出现了。

Or you could just see this as a fixed phrase, and a typically English way to ask politely and indirectly!

或者你也可以把它看成一个固定短语，一个典型的英式礼貌的间接寻问。

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