Its officials that the country should accede to the wto.
Grammar Review
MOOD
In English there exist three moods: Indicative, Imperative and
Subjunctive (sometimes also called Oblique):
I am going to the University.
Go to the University!
I would go to the University (if I were not ill).
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD
We accept the classification of the Subjunctive Mood suggested by
prof. Alexander Smirnitsky. The Subjunctive, which has the general
meaning of unreality , is subdivided into four types:
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Subjunctive I
Subjunctive II
Conditional Mood
Suppositional Mood
SUBJUNCTIVE I
The Subjunctive I is formed by using the stem of the verb, i.e. its
dictionary form: go, stay, be, live.
For example, we can observe it in a phrase like: Long live the Queen!
Unlike the Present Simple tense, the Subjunctive I does not change its
form. Cf.: She likes reading fiction (Present Simple); I recommend that
she go to the doctor (Subjunctive I).
The Subjunctive I is often used in object clauses after phrases like:
I advise...
I recommend...
I propose... , etc.
and in clauses of condition:
I think you should go to the dentist, if need be.
In case the conjunction “if” is omitted, inversion takes place:
Be it really so, he wouldn't have left you.
PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE II
The Present Subjunctive II is used to express an unreal situation in the
present or future. In its form the Present Subjunctive II is almost
identical with the Past Simple tense, with the only exception of the
verb “be”, which has only one form in the Present Subjunctive II: were.
E.g.: If he were younger, he would enjoy rock music.
The Present Subjunctive II is used in object clauses after “I wish...”:
I wish I were better at Maths.
She wishes she were not so absent-minded.
They wish they were better educated.
In Russian such sentences are usually rendered as “Жаль, что...”:
Жаль, что у меня плохо с математикой.
The Present Subjunctive II is also used in clauses of unreal condition
with reference to the present or future:
If he had free time, he would go to the pictures. – Будь у него
свободное время, он бы пошёл в вкино.
If we went to Saudi Arabia, we would have problems with our luggage.
– В Саудовской Аравии у нас бы были проблемы с таким
багажом.
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PRESENT CONDITIONAL MOOD
The Present Conditional Mood, like the Present Subjunctive II, is used
to express an unreal situation in the present or future. It is formed by
the auxiliary WOULD + Infinitive. The Present Conditional Mood is
often used in combination with the Present Subjunctive II: the
Conditional Mood being used in the main clause and the Subjunctive II
in the clause of condition:
If I had a chance to speak to our Prime Minister, he would be amazed
at some of my proposals on the economy of our country.
The WTO officials would probably try to help us, if we wrote them a
letter.
Exercise: Match the two halves of the sentences and translate them:
1) If it were not for the WTO
2) If some countries didn’t raise
trade barriers
3) In their place
4) If the trade flowed smoothly
5) Even if all member-countries agreed
with everything in the WTO
a) both sides would enjoy
a healthy commercial
relationship.
b) there would always
be a need for further
negotiations.
c) member-states wouldn’t
be provided with a
constructive and fair
outlet for dealing with
trade disputes.
d) they wouldn’t be able
to protect domestic
producers.
e) we would try to thrash
out our differences on
trade issues.
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