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Part Ⅱ Grammar—Past Future
感知以下课文原句,完成方框下的小题
1.Yet, very few people knew that future avatars would have such a wide variety of forms and uses.
2.When people started creating their own avatars, they discovered that they were going to have the power to create new identities that did not look or act like their real selves at all.
3.When Internet users realised that their avatars would be seen by many people, not just their friends, they started having more than one avatar.
过去将来时的构成有:would+do和was/were going to+do两种形式;句1,句3的构成是“would+do”,其中句3是过去将来时的被动形式;句2的构成是“were going to+do”。
一、过去将来时的含义
1.表示从过去某时看将要发生的动作或存在的状态。
►The man said that he would wait for us at the bus stop.
那个人说他将在车站等我们。
►He hoped that they would meet again someday.
他希望将来有一天他们能再见面。
2.表示过去的某种习惯性行为,只用would。
►He would walk by the lake while he was in the countryside.
他在农村时经常在湖边散步。
二、过去将来时的表达法
1.基本表达:用“would+动词原形”表示。
►He said he would come to see me.
他说他要来看我。
►He told me he would go to Beijing.
他告诉我他将去北京。
2.其他表达:
(1)was/were going to do这种结构表示准备、计划做某事,或将要发生某事。
►The boy was not going to do anything that evening.那天晚上这个男孩不准备做任何事。
►When he arrived, the plane was just going to take off.他到达时飞机正要起飞。
(2)was/were about to do这种结构表示“正要,即将”。
►His father was about to be transferred to a seaside town.
他父亲正要被调往一座海滨小城。
(3)was/were on the point of doing这种结构表示“正要……时”。
►She was on the point of leaving when we came in.我们进来时,她正要离开。
(4)was/were due to do这种结构表示“定于(某时)做某事”。
►Word came that the ship was due to leave at midnight.有消息说,船定于午夜起航。
(5)go, come, leave, take等少数动词可用过去进行时表示过去将要发生的情况。
►A great many people were coming to watch the fireworks.有许多人要来观看焰火。
►She told her mother that she was going to a dance party with Mike.她告诉母亲,她要和迈克一起去参加一个舞会。
(6)was/were to do这种结构表示曾计划做某事。
►The man said he was to take up the position.
这个人说他要担任这个职务。
三、过去将来时与一般将来时的比较
一般将来时是表示从现在看将要发生的情况,而过去将来时则是表示从过去看将要发生的情况。
►Tom says that he will never get married.
汤姆说他永远不结婚。
►Tom said that he would never get married.
汤姆说过他永远不结婚。
Ⅰ.单句语法填空
1.We decided that we were