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高中英语语法新体验——从经典例句开始
1.7.8.1 1.表示过去某个时刻或某一阶段正在进行的动作

1.表示过去某个时刻或某一阶段正在进行的动作

过去进行时的这一基本用法常和表示过去时间的状语如then,at this(that) time(在这时/在那时),yesterday(昨天),last year(去年)以及时间状语从句等连用。但在不少情况下没有表示时间的状语,此时需通过上下文来表示。

What were you doing at about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon?—I was listening to music.

——昨天下午4点钟左右你在做什么?——我在听音乐。

Jane was working on her homework last night.

简昨晚在写作业。

They were expecting you yesterday.

他们昨天一直在等你。

When Sarah was in the third grade,some of the other students weremaking fun of her because she was shy.(人教大纲版高一上第89页)

当莎拉上三年级的时候,一些学生因为她很内向而经常取笑她。