13 一般過去時態(tài)的基本用法 Track13
進一步詳解:
用法1:常表示過去時間所發(fā)生的動作或存在的狀態(tài),常和過去特定的時間狀語連用。這些時間狀語有:yesterday,yesterday evening,last night,the night before last(前天晚上),last year,last spring(去年春天),three days/months/years ago等等。注意這些時間狀語之前不需加介詞,比如不能說:at last night*,in last year*,in three years ago*。
a. He was late for school this morning. 他今早上學遲到了。
b. I bought this computer three years ago. 我三年前買了這臺電腦。
c. I was tired last night, so I went to bed early.
我昨晚很累,所以很早睡了。
用法2:表示過去某一段時間一直持續(xù)或反復發(fā)生的動作,此時可與表示頻度的時間副詞連用。
a. I lived in the country for ten years.
我在農(nóng)村生活過十年。(我現(xiàn)在不在農(nóng)村了。)
b. He used to do morning exercises.
他過去常常晨煉。(他現(xiàn)在不這么做了。)
c. She lived in our town for three years, but now she is living in Beijing. 她在我們鎮(zhèn)上住了三年,但現(xiàn)在她住在北京。
d. He worked in that dot-com company for one year. Now he is studying in America.
他在那家網(wǎng)絡公司工作過一年,現(xiàn)在在美國上學。
e. I wrote a letter once a week to my family when I was in my first college year. 在大一的時候我一星期給家里寫一封信。