WhileJohn Gilbert was in hospital, he asked his doctor to tell him whether hisoperation had been successful, butthe doctor refused to do so. The following day, the patient asked for a bedsidetelephone. When he was alone, he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked forDoctor Millington. When the doctor answered the phone, Mr. Gilbert said he wasinquiring about a certain patient, aMr. John Gilbert. He asked if Mr. Gilbert's operation had been successful andthe doctor told him that it had been. He then asked when Mr. Gilbert would be allowed to go home and thedoctor told him that he would haveto stay in hosptial for another two weeks. Then Dr. Millington asked the callerif he was a relative of the patient. 'No,' the patient answered, 'I am Mr. JohnGilbert.'

請(qǐng)教專家：

1）黑體字hadbeen 因?yàn)槭莃e動(dòng)詞表示狀況的動(dòng)詞，所以可以不需要had been, 直接用was就能了。對(duì)嗎？這個(gè)問題一直沒搞懂過，所以麻煩專家答疑解惑，謝謝！

2)a certain patient 和 a patient含義如何理解差別呢？感覺意思一樣啊？ 2個(gè)would都是預(yù)測(cè)，不是主語的意志吧？

1 whether his operation had been successful中，successful的意思是ending in success. 指的是手術(shù)當(dāng)時(shí)的狀況，而不是患者此刻問話時(shí)的狀況，所以這里不可以用was successful替換had been successful。

2 certain作前置定語，意為： used to refer to something or someone that is not named specifically 即出于某種緣由，不了解某人或某物的名字或名字或其名字或名字不便說出，用certain+復(fù)數(shù)名詞或a certain + 單數(shù)名詞。一般譯為某個(gè)、某些。比如你了解你室友的女友在外面等他，你會(huì)說 A certain girl is waiting for you outside. （某個(gè)女生在外面等你呢。）

這里的二個(gè)would都是預(yù)測(cè)意義，也就是傳統(tǒng)語法的過去以后時(shí)。