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Unit 3
Language in use
Module 1
Wonders of the world
The Giant’s Gauseway is the most fantastic natural wonder. There’re about 40,000 rocks, most of them with six sides.
the Giant’s Gauseway
Revision
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls in Africa are ever more fantastic. They’re about 1,700 metres wide and 100 metres high.
the Terracotta Army
The Terracotta Army is more than 2,000 years old.
Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam is fantastic too. It’s about 2,300 metres long, 185 metres high and 15 metres wide at the top.
Language practice
1. I visited the Giant’s Causeway two
years ago.
2. It produces electricity for millions of
people in China.
3. I’ve never seen it, so I’m not sure I
agree with you.
4. I looked to the east-the sky was
becoming grey.
5. You’ll get there in five minutes.
6. Am I going the right way?
时态复习
到目前为止,我们已经学过了英语中常用的时态,包括一般现在时、一般过去时、现在进行时、过去进行时、一般将来时和现在完成时。在本模块中,我们将对这些时态的用法进行总结。
首先,我们将本模块中出现的有代表性的句子归纳如下:
时态 例句
一般现在时 (1) And I think the Three
Gorges Dam is
fantastic too.
(2) It produces electricity
for millions of people
in China.
一般过去时 (3) Well, I visited the
Giant’s Causeway two
years ago.
时态 例句
现在进行时 (4) Am I going the right way?
过去进行时 (5) When I arrived , it was
early morning and it was
raining.
一般将来时 (6) You’ll get there in five
minutes.
现在完成时 (7) I’ve never seen it, so I’m
not sure I agree with you.
1. 一般现在时
一般现在时可以用来表述或说明某一事物的特性,如上面表格的(1);描述现在的状态,如(2)。一般现在时还用来描述经常发生的事情及真理,例如:
Thousands of people visit Beijing every year.
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
注意:
1. when, until, as soon as等引导的时间状语从句和if引导的条件状语从句中, 若主句是将来时或祈使句, 从句则要用一般现在时表示将来。
2. 列车时刻,飞机航班用一般现在时。
2. 一般过去时
一般过去时可以用来表述过去某个时间发生的事情或行为,如上面表格中的(3)。一般过去时还可以用来描述事物过去的状态或过去经常发生的事情,例如:
I was very thin in my childhood.
I got up very early when I was a college student.
注意:
used to是过去时, 表示过去常常。
e.g. I used to take a walk in the morning.
我以