1206 英语表达：对过去的事情表示遗憾和惋惜

if + 过去完成时，主句用would have + 动词过去分词，用于表达对过去事情的想象，通常表示对已经发生来不及补救的事情感到惋惜。

Hey honey ,I wanted to talk to you for a minute.

Oh, sure .Is everything OK?

Yeah, everything is fine.

I have been thinking more about your job offer.

Oh, I have been wanting to talk to you about it too ,but you know how crazy everything has been with work lately.

I nkow .But that is why I wanted to talk to you .

If you had told me you felt thins way sooner, I would have stopped taking MANdarin lessons and asked my boss for opportunities here instead of in China.

If I hadn't missed the bus , I would have been on time.

从句部分：if +过去完成时。
主句部分：would have + 过去分词

主句部分，除了用would have ,我们还可以使用might have,mya have 或者could have，它们表达了一 定程度的把握 ，可能 性，或者是是对结果的判断

If he had studied harder , he would have passed the exam.如果当初他再用功一点，他是可以通过那场考试的。

If yuou hadn't lied to me before, I may have believed you.

Vocabulary：

1.Lately

Lately means recently.I

I have been taking violin classes lately.

2.complicated

When something is complicated,  it is difficult to understand or deal with it .

The instructions seem very complicated.

3.to encourage

When you encourages someone to do something, you make him or her more likely to do it .

The teacher encoruages her students to ask questions in class.

4.a position

A position in a company mesns a job.

He applide for a position at the internet company.

5.to improve

To improve means to make something better.

She is using this app to improve her English.

6.to get used to something 

When you get used to something,it doesn't seem surpring or unusal anymore.

After staying in Thailand for two months , I got used to the hot weather.