<例句>
What were you doing when I rang you?
我給你打電話的時候你在干嗎?
<語法分析>
過去進行時主要表示過去某時的一個動作正在進行,而過去的時間可以由一個狀語表示出來,有時候時間由上下文表示出來。過去進行時既具有一般過去時的特點,又具有進行時的特點。過去進行時與一般過去時的基本差別是,前者表示一個正在進行的動作,而后者則表示一個已經(jīng)完成的動作。而且,用進行時態(tài)時有時有感情色彩。
<觸類旁通>
(1) She was always working.
她總是不停地干活。
語法分析:這個句子具有贊揚的意味,有時用進行時態(tài)可使句子具有感情色彩,特別是帶有always, forever和constantly等狀語的時候。
(2) I got to know him when I was working in a pharmacy.
我在藥房工作時結(jié)識了他。
語法分析:在狀語從句中,經(jīng)常要用到過去進行時。
(3) The kettle was boiling, the telephone was ringing and someone was knocking at the door.
壺里的水開著,電話鈴響著,又有人在敲門。
語法分析:過去進行時表示正在進行的一次性動作。
(4) I was always missing trains.
我總是誤火車。
語法分析:過去進行時可以表示經(jīng)常重復性的動作。
(5)They were expecting to finish the work last week, but unexpectedly the machines went out of order.
他們原以為上個月會完成工作,但不巧機器出了故障。
語法分析:某些詞或詞組如come, go, plan, expect以及l(fā)ook forward to 等的過去進行時,有時是表示本來打算做而實際沒有做成的事情。
(6) By the time he was ten he was already doing experiment in chemistry.
到十歲時,他已經(jīng)在做化學實驗了。
語法分析:過去進行時還可以表示該動作還未結(jié)束或已進入一個新階段。
(7) I was wondering whether you could give me some advice.
不知道你可否幫我出點主意。
語法分析:有時用進行時表示現(xiàn)在的想法,可以顯得客氣一點。
<鞏固練習>
(1) Soon all the people of the city _____[talk] of the wonderful cloth.
(2) She _____[come] to see me, but unfortunately she was ill.
(3) He was busy yesterday. He _____[prepare] for the exams.
(4) She lost her purse when she _____[sroll] across a meadow.
(5) I asked her to tell me what _____[trouble] her.a
(6) I _____[hope] you could reconsider our proposal.
<參考答案>
(1) were talking (2) was coming (3) was preparing (4) was strolling (5) was troubling (6) was hoping