It was Sunday. 过去时
it 指时间、天气、温度或距离等，被称为“虚主语”（empty subject）。作为第三人称单数的中性代词， it 可以指一件东西、一件事件或用来指是什么人：It is a lovely baby.不知道性别
| 时间 | It was Sunday. / It's one o' clock! |
|---|---|
| 天气 | It was dark outside. / It's raining again. |
| 距离 | It’s 2 miles from my home to the school. |
| 不确定的对象 | It was my aunt Lucy.(打电话) |
I never get up early on Sundays. 一般现在时：经常性、习惯性的事
never adv.从不
- I don't like her. 不喜欢 ⇒ I have never liked her. 从来都不喜欢
- I always get paid on Fridays. ⇒ I usually get paid on Fridays.
- Very often, the phone rings when I’m in the bath. = The phone often rings when I'm in the bath.
- Helen never writes to her brother, Tony.
- She sometimes rings him. = She sometimes gives him a call.
| 频率副词在句首(在特别强调和需要对比时) | 通常为实义前情系后 |
|---|---|
| frequently、generally、normally、sometimes、usually | always, usually, frequently, often, sometimes, seldom, rarely, hardly,ever, never... |
当使用 last，next，this，that 时 介词（以及定冠词）必须省略
- I’ll see you next / this Friday.
I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime.
stay in bed 待在床上
- It’s time for bed now.
- You must stay/remain in bed for another two days. 你必须再卧床两天。
| until conj.直到…为止 | till conj. 直到，到…为止 v. 犁地 |
|---|---|
| I will wait until my mother arrives. | I was awake till late in the night. |
Last Sunday I got up very late.
| Last Sunday | I | got up | very late. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 时间状语（过去） | 主语 | 谓语 | 时间状语 |
I looked out (of) the window. §
out (of) the door 向 / 在门外
- He rushed out of the door.
- I looked out of the window.
- He rushed out the door.
| I | looked | out of the window. |
|---|---|---|
| 主语 | 谓语 | 宾语(vt.) / 方式状语(vi.) |
"What a day!" I thought."It's raining again." §
What + 名词 感叹句用法
| 正面感叹 | 负面感叹 |
|---|---|
| What a beautiful day! 多么美好的一天！ | What a terrible day! 多么糟糕的一天！ |
- What a day! 鬼天气！/ 倒霉的一天！
- What a pity! 多遗憾呀！
- What a mess! 多么乱啊！
- What a thing to say! 多么难听的话啊！
- What a joke! 真是笑话！（带讽刺）
- What lovely children (they are). 感叹复数名词必须要有形容词。
总结：有形容词时，语气取决于形容词本身。没有形容词时，通常理解为负面或批评。
扩展知识
- What a beautiful girl (she is)!
- How cute the girl is!
- How smart a girl she is!
| "What a day!" | I | thought. | "It's raining again." |
|---|---|---|---|
| 直接引语 | 主语 | 谓语 | 直接引语 |
Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy.
| at that time 就在那时候 | I was living with my parents at that time.那时候我和父母住在一起。 |
|---|---|
| Just then 就在那时刻 | Just then, someone knocked at the front door.就在那时，大门口有人敲门。 |
| at that moment 在那瞬间 | At that moment he lost his balance and fell.他在那一瞬间失去平衡摔倒了。 |
I've just arrived by train. §
- I go out in/on two buses. （指具体的两辆车介词用 in/on）
- Long ago people could go to America only by ship/sea.(特指的交通工具 My aunt left by the 9:15 train.)
§ by 直接加交通工具(不能有任何修饰词, 复数)
如果加修饰词, 就要换掉 by 用 in 或 on ： I go out by bus. (交通方式)
| by air 乘飞机 | by plane 乘飞机 | by land 由陆路 | by sea 由海路 | by bus 乘公共汽车 |
| by bicycle/bike 骑自行车 | by train 乘火车 | by boat 乘船 | by ship 乘船 | by car 乘小汽车 |
It's raining again. 现在进行时(强调当时那个时间的状态)
| It | is raining | again. |
|---|---|---|
| 主语 | 谓语 | 副词 |
I'm coming to see you.一般将来时
be coming to 表示一般将来(be going to)，表示近期按计划或安排要进行的动作。同样用法的(瞬间)动词有：go \ leave \ arrive \ land \ meet \ die \ start \ return \ join …
'But I'm still having breakfast,' I said. §
| still adv. 还，依旧；仍然 | yet adv.仍然，还 |
|---|---|
| Sam still lives in New York. | My mother has not yet arrived from the store. |
'What are you doing?' she asked. §
What time is it? 问时间
- Have you got the time? = Got the time?
- Do you have the time? 几点了？
- Do you have time? = are you free? 你有空吗？