There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives,yet we ...There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives,yet we might grudge paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precis

There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives,yet we ...There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives,yet we might grudge paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precis
There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives,yet we ...
There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives,yet we might grudge paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely this service
这里的there are times后面是用一般现在时还是对过去的描述,如果对现在过去未来的描述,那为什么后面出现might也就是may 的过去式呢?

There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives,yet we ...There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives,yet we might grudge paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precis
might 不一定表示过去,它也可表示语气的更加不肯定或者更委婉.