1、过去进行时的用法(下)1. 一般过去时和过去进行时的用法区别:(1)一般过去时表示在过去某时发生的动作或存在的状态(包括过去习惯动作),常与一般过去时连用的时间状语有 just now, a moment ago, yesterday, last week (month, year), the day before yesterday 及表示过去的时间状语从句。如:Where did you live last year? 去年你住在哪里?My father worked in this factory in 2000. 我父亲 2000 年在这家工厂工作。I met her in the s
2、treet the day before yesterday. 前天我在街上遇见了她。He often swam in the river when he was young. 他小时候常在河里游泳。(2)过去进行时表示过去某一段时间或某一时刻正在进行的动作。常与之连用的时间状语有,at that time / moment, (at) this time yesterday (last night / Sunday / week), at + 点钟 + yesterday (last night / Sunday), when somebody did something 等时间状语从句。W
3、hat were you doing at seven yesterday evening?昨天晚上七点你在干什么?I first met Mary three years ago. She was working at a radio shop at the time. 我第一次遇到玛丽是在三年前。当时她在一家无线电商店工作。I was cooking when she knocked at the door. 她敲门时我正在做饭。(3)一般过去时往往表示某一动作已经完成,而过去进行时却表示动作在持续或未完成。如:I saw you while you were speaking to th
4、e teacher. 你在和老师谈话时我看见了你。注意:有的过去时间状语既可用于一般过去时,也可用于过去进行时,但含义不同。如:She wrote a letter to her friend last night. 她昨晚给她的朋友写了封信。(信写完了)She was writing a letter to her friend last night. 她昨晚一直在给她的朋友写信。(信不一定写完)2. 过去进行时其他注意点:(1) 过去进行时可表示按计划、安排过去某时刻将要发生的动作,动词 go, leave, arrive等常可这样使用。如:He said they were leaving for Beijing this afternoon. 他说他今天下午要去北京。(2) 动词 hope, wonder 等的过去进行时常用来表示提出要求,虽然表示现在的内容,但语气比一般现在时或一般过去时要委婉。如:I was wondering whether you could come to join us. 我想你能否过来跟我们一起活动?(3) 过去进行时中有 always, forever 修饰时,表示说话人的赞赏或厌烦的感情。如:He was always thinking of others. 他总是想到人家。