英语中省略谓语动词的特殊情况

   问：请问罗教授下面这个句子应该怎么翻译才好：A few days, and he will leave for New York. 前面的A few days为什么没有谓语动词？

    答：前面的A few days是个省略从句，省略了谓语动词。在英语中，名词短语 + and = 状语从句。我们可以将这个名词短语改写为用if, when, after等开头的状语从句，比如你所说的这个句子中的A few days and，就等于When a few days had passed。因此，我们可以将这个句子翻译成：“再过几天，他就要动身去纽约。”再比如：

1）  One step further, and you are a dead man. (你再向前走一步，你就没命了。)

2）  A word, and she would lose her temper. (你再说一句，她就会生气了。)

3）  Another half hour, and all the shops would be closed. (再过半小时，所有商店就都关门了。)