内容正文:
Unit 3 Festivals and customs
3.2 Grammar:过去将来时
1.过去将来时的用法
(1)表示从过去某时开始将要发生的动作或存在的状态,常用于宾语从句中。
①He said he would go to the north for the holiday.
他说他将去北方度假。
②He was sixtyeight. In two years he would be seventy.
他68岁,再过两年就70岁了。
(2)常可表示过去习惯性的动作(不管什么人称,都用would)。
When I was young,I'd listen to the radio,waiting for my favorite songs.
当我年轻的时候,我常听收音机,等待我最喜欢的歌。
【跟踪典例】 完成句子
①He promised that he ____________ (open) the letter until 2 o'clock.
②When he was young, he ____________ (go) skating every winter.
③I decided that I ____________ (take) early retirement.
【答案】
①would not open ②would go ③was going to take
2.过去将来时的构成
(1)基本表达方式:would+do
Mother promised that she would take me to Beijing the next year.
妈妈许诺明年带我去北京。
(2)表示过去将来时的其他几种表达方式:
①was/were going to do,表示准备、计划做。
She said she was going to buy a new bike.
她说她打算买一辆新自行车。
②was/were about to do,表示即将发生的动作,不和表示时间段的状语连用。
The bus was about to start.
公共汽车马上就要开了。
③was/were to do,表示过去曾计划或安排要做。
The press conference was to be held next week.