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标题:
时态误用辨析
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作者:
hung
时间:
2009-6-13 12:01
标题:
时态误用辨析
1.
中文:他在许多年前去过欧洲。
(
误
)He had been to Europe many years ago.
(
正
)He went to Europe many years ago.
(在上下文没有同过去某时或某个动作相比较而表示过去的意思,不可用过去完成时,而要用一般过去时。)
2.
中文:她穿着蓝色上衣,看上去很可爱。
(
误
)She was wearing a blue dress and was looking very pretty.
(
正
)She was wearing a blue dress and looked very pretty.
(表示看上去的
look
是系动词,不用进行时。)
3.
中文:我去看他们的时候他们在吃晚餐。
(
误
)They had supper when I went to see them.
(
正
)They were having supper when I went to see them.
(他们在吃晚餐是在过去我去看他们的时间某一点上正进行的动作,应用过去进行时。)
4.
中文:她两个月前去澳洲了,她许多年前到过那里。
(
误
)She went to Australia two months ago. She has been there many years before.
(
正
)She went to Australia two months ago. She had been there many years before.
(
many years before
是从过去的某时之前算起的,表示过去的过去,要和过去完成时连用。)
5.
中文:他们问发生什么事了。
(
误
)They asked what happened.
(
正
)They asked what had happened.
(主句是一般过去时,从句的动作发生在它之前,用过去完成时。)
6.
中文:从战争开始时他就一直在那里工作。
(
误
)He has worked there since the war has begun.
(
正
)He has worked there since the war began.
(
since
引导的从句表示过去的某时间点,应用一般过去时。)
7.
中文:昨晚我写了一封信,今晨寄出了。
(
误
)I was writing a letter yesterday evening and posted it this morning.
(
正
)I wrote a letter yesterday evening and posted it this morning.
(进行时表示进行,一般过去时表示完成,所以应用
wrote
。)
8.
中文:他去年离开家我就一直没有见过他。
(
误
)He left home last year and I did not see him since.
(
正
)He left home last year and I haven't seen him since.
(
since
后面省去的是
he left home last year
,前面的句子要用完成时。)
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