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. |
| 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 never like her. 从来都不喜欢
- I get paid on Friday usually. = I usually get paid on Fridays.
- Very often the phone rings when I’m in 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. §
| 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 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. |