a. 用于新闻标题或图片说明中
China Declares Manned Spaceflight
Successful
中国宣布载人航天飞行圆满成功
Laura Bush Arrives in Moscow
劳拉·布什抵达莫斯科
b. 用于体育运动、表演等实况报道中
Francis slips past, passes the ball to
Yao Ming, who jumps, catches and shoots it into the basket. 弗朗西斯穿过去,把球传给姚明,姚明跳起来,接住球投进篮里。
Now, look, I press the button and turn
on the machine.
现在,看,我按下按扭,打开了这台机器。
c. 表示告诫或劝说
You mind your own business. 你不要管闲事!
If he does that again, he goes to
prison.
如果他再那样的话,他就会进监狱的。
d. 表示现在瞬间的动作
Here comes the bus.
汽车来了。
There goes the bell.
铃响了。
B.一般过去时
1. 一般过去时的构成
一般过去时是用动词的过去式来表示。
His words fetched a laugh from all
present.
他的话使在场的人都笑了。
I did not sleep well last night.
我昨晚没睡好。
Did you direct the tourist to the
hotel?
你告诉这位游客去旅馆的路了吗?
2.一般过去时的用法
①一般过去时的基本用法
a. 表示过去某个特定时间发生的动作或存在的状态
He suddenly fell ill yesterday.
昨天他突然生病了。
The engine stopped because the fuel was
used up.
发动机因燃料用光而停机了。
注意:
在一般过去时的句子中,通常都要有表示过去的时间状语。
【误】I
visited the Palace Museum.(在没有上下文的情况下,应避免这样说)
【正】I
visited the Palace Museum last year.
去年我参观过故宫博物院。
【正】I have
visited the Palace Museum.
我参观过故宫博物院。
b. 表示过去经常发生的动作或存在的状态
I wrote home once a week at college.
我上大学时每周给家里写一封信。
He was already in the habit of reading
widely in his boyhood.
他童年时就养成了广泛阅读的习惯。
提示:
表示过去的习惯性动作,除了用过去式外,还可以用used
to或would来表示。
She used to study late into the night
when she was in Senior Three.
她上高三时经常学习到深夜。
He would sit for hours doing nothing.
过去他常常一坐几个钟头什么事也不做。
c. 表示过去连续发生的一系列动作
She entered the room, picked up a
magazine and looked through it carefully.
她走进房间,拿起一本杂志,认真地翻阅了起来。
The students got up early in the
morning, did morning exercises and then read English aloud in the open air.
学生们很早起床,做早操,然后在室外朗读英语。
d. 在时间、条件状语从句中表示过去将要发生的动作
We would not leave until the teacher
came back.
老师回来我们才会离开。
She told me she would not go if it
rained the next day.
她告诉我如果第二天下雨的话,她就不去了。
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