[问题]请教各位大侠，一个词弄不懂，一句话弄不懂

aristotle200UID: 137988

LSAT Writing Sample Topic(96.10)

Roberto Matinez,owner of a small used bookstore,has recently purchased an adjacent store and is deciding how best to ues it to expand his business.Write an argument in support of one plan over the other based on the following criteria:
1.        Matinez wants to attract a significant number of new customers.
2.        Matinez wants to retain the loyal clientele who look to him for out-print books and first editions.
One plan is for Matinez to begin carrying best-sellers and popular fiction.Because of his downtown location,publishers of these works are likely to put his store on their book tours;although the large bookstore chains have taken hold in the suburbs,none has yet located in the downtown area.Under this plan,however, Matinez would have enough room to keep only the best books from his current inventory.To Capitalize on this collection,he is considering an occasional evening series called “Rediscoveries”,featuring discussions of authors whose out-of-print books he carries,particularly several authors who are currently enjoying a resurgence of critical attention.
  An alnerative plan is for Matinez to use the new space to open a small coffeehouse with a limited menu.He would furnish the area as a sitting room with couches and chairs and a few regular dining tables.Although there are several reataurants nearby,they offer primarily full meals in more formal settings.Retaining much of his inventory of used books,he would add novels,poetry,and nonfiction published by small presses to feature lesser-knowen writers whose work is difficult to find in this community.These small presses include a number of local authors who are eager to read and discuss their work in the coffeehouse.


我英语学得不好，是一只菜鸟，我在这里想请教两个问题：
1.一个语法问题。
Under this plan,however, Matinez would have enough room to keep only the best books from his current inventory.
这句话中有一个would，不知道这是一种什末用法？应该如何翻译？能否换成will?
An alnerative plan is for Matinez to use the new space to open a small coffeehouse with a limited menu.He would furnish the area as a sitting room with couches and chairs and a few regular dining tables.
这句话中也有一个would，问题同上。
我查了一下语法书，上面讲了would的几种用法：1，表示过去将来；2，间接引语；3，虚拟语气，用过去时表示一种假设；4，表示过去的意愿；5，表示一种揣测。
我觉得这里的would，上面的几种解释都对不上，不知道到底是一种什莫用法？
2.然后就是这句话应该如何理解。
Under this plan,however, Matinez would have enough room to keep only the best books from his current inventory.

aristotle200UID: 137988

1.这里用虚拟语气，具体表示哪种意义？能否不用虚拟语气，换成will？

hannah_hannahUID: 137816

如果说你做了一做了一件什么事，后悔了，e.g.
if i had to do it again, i would choose......
e.g. if i was you , i would go to school yesterday, because u miss a whole chunk of topic to learn ......

是不是这个阿？？

aristotle200UID: 137988

最初由 hannah_hannah 发布
[B]如果说你做了一做了一件什么事，后悔了，e.g.
if i had to do it again, i would choose......
e.g. if i was you , i would go to school yesterday, because u miss a ..

以下省略...... [/B]

上面这种用法表示的是一种假设，而在这篇作文题中的would，我觉得它的用法不是表示一种假设，而是其他的什莫用法，但是我不懂，请大侠们多多指点。

de jureUID: 136495

这里应该是一种假设，或者说，是一种“条件”（conditional sentence)，即Under this plan。这里用WOULD是非常自然的。
楼主好象也去过TOTOO吧？我觉得你不必把句子抠得如此之细，这样对你做LSAT的WRITING SAMPLE没有任何好处，而且会妨碍你培养“语感”。

苏杭UID: 132335

同意第一句是一种假设。

aristotle200UID: 137988

我觉得如果不全面提高自己的英语水平，LSAT对我来说将高不可攀，没奈何只能一点点地提高了。

“假设”这个词有很多含义，不知以上各位考友所言的“假设”具体是什莫含义？（针对这道作文题中的用法）小弟比较菜，还请大侠们详细解释。

de jureUID: 136495

这里的假设指的是“在某种可能变为现实的条件之下”，也就是我说的Under this plan。有了这个成分，整个句子实际上就成了一个条件句，虽然不是很明显。这个句子在题干中的作用和它前后的那几句一样，只是在向你介绍该计划实施所带来的利弊。
另外不要把太多时间花在WRITING SAMPLE上，如果你在准备LSAT的话。大部分学校是很不看重它的。

aristotle200UID: 137988

关于这句话的意思我已经明白了(Under this plan,however, Matinez would have enough room to keep only the best books from his current inventory.)

那末，在这句话中：Retaining much of his inventory of used books,he would add novels,poetry,and nonfiction published by small presses to feature lesser-knowen writers whose work is difficult to find in this community.  你对under this plan,......句中would的解释可否也用于这句话中？

de jureUID: 136495

正是。这一句干脆就把条件变成隐含的了，即如果使用第二个计划。

aristotle200UID: 137988

我明白了，非常感谢de jure，苏杭，hannah_hannah，wyhbob，非常感谢大家。

hannah_hannahUID: 137816

哎呀，惭愧啦，没帮忙拉， 对语法没什么研究过。。。以后还请到家见谅呢！