tense困難(求解題) 20pts

應該用甚麼 tense，主要是所述說的事情在甚麼時候發生和怎樣發生。
要明白每種 tenses 的用法。
另外，要明白英文中一些慣用的情況和句式，例如 if, while ...句式。
其次要認識甚麼時候應該用 gerund，甚麼時候應該用 infinitive...

以下嘗試用你放在網上的練習的其中部份內容給你一些解釋，希望對你有幫助：

這篇文章是關於作者的一位已離世的姨姨，因此，是作者憶述一些已過去的事情，所以 main tense 是 past tense.

(1)
“What on earth do you think you are doing?” came the ear splitting cry from the top of the stairs.do you think 用現在式是因為那時間是指在說話的當時
you are doing 用現在進行式是因為是在對話中詢問「正在做（進行）甚麼」
came 在引述所說的話以外，而這事件是已經過去，所以用過去式
splitting 是用 present participle 來作形容詞(2)
There was....in a most embarrassing situation by my Aunt Dorothy, the only one of my seven aunts whom, traditionally, I had always tried to avoid since the day I learnt to crawl.embrassing 是用 present participle 來作形容詞
I had always tried 用 past perfect tense 是因為在過去發生的兩件事件，較早發生的那件事用 past perfect，這樣便看到先後次序
to avoid 這是 infinitive （try 後通常用 infinitive）
since （自從）選擇 since 而不選擇 for 是因為 the day I learnt to crawl 是指定時間而非一段時間
The reason... as a small girl, I was involved in some doubtful activity, fate generally arranged that she was (should be) the one who discovered me ...was involved 是 passive voice （被動式）去表達參與了那些有問題的活動只是被牽連進去
arranged / was / discovered 過去式：這篇文章是憶述一些在過去發生的事，因此主要 tense 是過去式(3)
I still think that, had I been a boy, she might not have reacted in the same way but, .. Aunt Dorothy, who died in..., looked like some mythical fire-breathing dragon that was on the point of launching a ..., and she could never accept that a niece of hers....I still think 用現在式是因為作者寫這篇文章時的情況
had I been a boy 是倒裝法，意思就如 If I were a boy
might not 過去式 憶述一些在過去發生的事
have reacted 用的是 perfect tense，因為前面有 'might' 所以用 'have'
died / looked 過去式是這篇文章是憶述一些在過去發生的事，因此主要 tense 是過去式
fire-breathing是用 present participle 作形容詞
launching 是 gerund （通常在 preposition 後用 gerund）
could never accept 過去式是這篇文章是憶述一些在過去發生的事，而 auxilliary verb could 後面是 infinitive, 所以 accept 是 infinitive




2012-05-24 16:09:40 補充：
(4)
“Nice girls,” she repeated (would repeat; used to repeat) to me ...“behave (should / ought to behave) like young ladies, ...schoolboys who look as if they have just come off the rugby field.”

2012-05-24 16:09:55 補充：
repeated 過去式是這篇文章是憶述一些在過去發生的事
behave / look 用現在式是因為那是說話的當時 Aunt 認為是 fact
have just come 是 present perfect tense 因為這是指那些 schoolboys 所做的和說話當時連上關系的一件事，just 在這裡是一個提示性的字

2012-05-24 16:10:18 補充：
(5)
While I was standing there ..., wishing I
were on another planet, I realised that luck was definitely not on
my side.

was standing / realised
While / when 的其中一個句式是背景動作是 past countinuous tense 而另一件事情出現則用用 simple past。

wishing 是 gerund
I were 這裡 I 不用 was 而用 were 是表達一個不會出現的假設

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