We know instinctively, just as beekeepers with their bees,
我们本能地懂得,就像养蜂人和他的蜜蜂那样,
that misfortune might overtake us if the important events of our lives were not related to it.
要是我们不把生活中的重大事件告诉那条河,就可能大祸临头。
——《新概念英语》
是虚拟语气的用法还是一般过去时?怎么判断呢?
谢谢。补充说明:这里 just as 引导的是方式状语从句。