第十课 - 一般过去时

谈话

Lake

English

Eric phones Tom to tell him about his vacation at a nearby lake.

Eric: Hi Tom. How's it going?

Tom: Good. How was your vacation?

Eric: Great! We went hiking in the forest, and kayaking around the lake. We were very lucky with the weather, it was sunny and warm every day.

Tom: How many people were there?

Eric: There were five of us.

Tom: Where did you stay?

Eric: We rented a cabin at the south end of the lake. It was right on the lake, with a small beach in front. It came with a kayak and wood for the fire pit on the beach. I had such a great time that I want to go again next summer. Maybe you can come with us next time.

Tom: That sounds great!

词汇和短语

Listen How many people were there? 有多少人在那里？
Listen at a nearby lake 在附近的湖
Listen We went hiking in the forest, and kayaking around the lake. 我们去徒步旅行在林和绕湖皮划艇。
Listen beach 海滩
Listen cabin 小屋
Listen to phone 打电话
Listen to tell 告诉
Listen fire pit 火坑
Listen kayak 皮艇
Listen lucky 幸运
Listen to rent 出租
Listen to come with 伴随
Listen south 南
Listen to stay 留
Listen vacation 假期
Listen wood 柴

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Weather

Listen weather 天气
Listen cloud 云
Listen heat 热
Listen rain 雨
Listen snow 雪
Listen storm 风暴
Listen sun 太阳
Listen wind 风
Listen How's the weather? 天气怎么样。
Listen It's a beautiful day. 这是一个美丽的一天之外。
Listen It's cold. 它冷。
Listen It's cool outside. 这是外面凉。
Listen It's foggy. 这是云里雾里。
Listen It's hot. 天气炎热。
Listen It's humid. 天气潮湿。
Listen It's raining. 在下雨。
Listen It's snowing. 正在下雪。
Listen It's stormy. 这是暴风雨。
Listen It's sunny. 天气晴朗。
Listen It's windy. 今天刮风。
Listen It's very windy today. 今天的风很大。
Listen The weather's bad. 天气不好。
Listen The weather's nice. 天气不错。
Listen It's supposed to be nice tomorrow. 天气应该是明天不错。
snow It is snowing sun cloud rain

Flashcards

Here are some flashcards to help you learn how to talk about the weather in English.

语法

Past Tense of Verbs

The past tense of verbs, also called the simple past tense, describes a past action, event, or emotional state. Most verbs form the past tense by adding the suffix ed to the end of a verb. For example the past tense of walk is walked.

例子

I walked to the park yesterday. 我昨天去了公园。
She talked about her vacation. 她谈到了她的假期。
He closed the door. 他关上了门。
They talked about the cabin. 他们谈论的小屋。
We hoped for the best. 我们希望最好的结果。
The clouds drifted away. 乌云渐行渐远。

Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense

Many very common verbs in English have an irregular past tense. This lesson will cover a few of these very common irregular verbs. The next lesson will cover some more irregular verbs as well.

To Be

The verb be is the most irregular verb in English. It has two forms in the past tense. The following table shows the past tense for the verb be.

I was
he was
she was
it was
we were
you were
they were

例子

I was at the store. 我在店里。
He was tired. 他累了。
They were happy. 他们很高兴（当时）。
We were at home. 我们在家里（当时）。
Were they at the beach? 是他们在海边当时？
They were not at the beach. 他们不是在沙滩上在那个时候。
The car was dirty. 这辆车脏了（在较早的时间）。
The windows were dirty. 这辆车脏了（在较早的时间）。

Other Irregular Verbs

The following table shows some very common verbs that are irregular in the past tense. Lesson 11 will cover even more irregular verbs.

Verb Past Tense
do did 做
have had 拥有
go went 走
sleep slept 睡觉
come came 来
give gave 给
find found 发现
think thought 认为

例子

They went to the store last week. 他们上周去商店。
He thought about it. 他想到了。
I slept all night. 我睡了一夜。
We did the work. 我们做了这项工作。
They found it. 他们发现了它。
She found the book. 她找到了这本书。
I did the dishes. 我洗了洗碗。
They slept on the floor. 他们睡在地板上。

Questions and Negative Statements with the Past Tense

For both questions and negative statements, the past tense of the helper verb do is used along with the main verb, similar to how do is used as a helper verb when asking questions or making negative statements in the present tense.

注意: Did not is often shortened to didn't.

例子

Did they go to the store? 他们有没有去商店？
They did not go to the store. 他们没有去实体店？
They didn't go to the store. 他们没有去实体店？
Did you sleep all night? 你睡了一夜？
I did not sleep all night. 我只睡了夜晚的一部分。
Did she find the book? 有她发现这本书？
She did not find the book. 她一直没有找到这本书。
Did you buy it? 你买了吗？
We did not buy it. 我们还没有买它。
They did not do it. 他们没有这样做。

A very small number of verbs, such as be, do not use a helper verb when asking a question or making a negative statement. The following examples show how to ask questions and make negative statements with the verb be.

Were you tired? 你累了吗？
I was not tired. 我不累。
I wasn't tired. 我不累。
Was the house for sale? 房子出售吗？
The house was not for sale. 房子不是出售。
The house wasn't for sale. 房子不是出售。
Were the dishes clean? 菜肴是干净吗？
The dishes were not clean. 菜肴不干净。
The dishes weren't clean. 菜肴不干净。

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阅读英语

Chapter 1 - The Airport

Ana and Alejandro Martinez walk off the plane and into the airport. Both are tired from the flight, but also excited to be in a new country. They follow the crowd of people until they get to the lineup for customs. After about ten minutes, it is their turn to talk with the customs agent.

"Hello," Ana says as she gives the customs officer her passport.

"What is the purpose of your visit?" asks the customs officer.

"We are taking a course to help us improve our English."

"How long will you be staying in Vancouver?"

"We plan to stay until September fifth."

"Where are you staying?"

"We have friends who live here," Alejandro answered. "We met them when they visited our country. They invited us to stay with them for the summer, and recommended a course for us to take."

"What is your relationship?"

"Ana is my sister," Alejandro replied.

The customs officer gave them back their passports and said, "Enjoy your stay."

"Thank you", Ana and Alejandro said at the same time, then went to find their luggage.

They stood by the luggage carousel and waited for their luggage. "Is that your suitcase?" Ana said pointing at a black suitcase.

Alejandro looked at it. "I don't think so, but here is yours."

Ana grabbed her suitcase as it came by. A couple minutes later Alejandro got his suitcase as well.

"Now where do we go?", Ana asked.

"I think we need to go this way," Alejandro replied, pointing to the left.

They walked through a small passage and into a large waiting area.

"Alejandro! Ana!" they heard someone call.

Ana and Alejandro looked and saw their friends Sarah and Eric. They waved and walked over to them.

"Hi!" Sarah said. "How was the flight?"

"Long," said Alejandro. "But there were no problems."

"Let's go," Eric said, "We'll take you back to our house, and make dinner while you get settled in."

The four of them walked out of the airport, and into the sunny evening.

词汇

plane 飞机
airport 机场
tired 累
flight 航班
excited 兴奋
country 国家
crowd 人群
lineup 排队
customs 海关
minute 分钟
purpose 目的
visit 访问
improve 提高
until 直到
answers 回答
summer 夏季
recommended 推荐的
relationship 关系
Enjoy your stay. 入住愉快。
luggage 行李
suitcase 手提箱
grabbed 抢
pointing 指出
passage 通道
get settled in 解包

练习


Change each sentence so that it uses the past tense.

榜样 - 问题: I do the work. 回答: I did the work.

I want to go to the store.
The boy is sad.
She doesn't want a coffee.
Do you have a pen?
They walk to the park.


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