Lesson 67 The weekend周末

【课文详注 Further notes on the text】 

1.Were you at the butcher's? 刚才您在肉店里吗? 

at the butcher's = at the butcher's shop。在英文中,表示店铺、住宅、公 

共机构、公共建筑物以及教堂的名字或某人家时,名词所有格后常不出 

现它所修饰的名词: 

the greengrocer's(shop) 蔬菜水果店 

the hairdresser's(shop) 理发店 

the stationer's (shop) 文具店 

the doctor's(office) 诊所 

my mother's(house) 我妈妈家里 

St. Paul's(Church) 圣保罗教堂 

2.be absent from, 不在,缺席。 

3.the country = the countryside, 乡下。 

country表示“农村”时,前面一定要加定冠词 the。

【语法 Grammar in use】

一般过去时(1) 

be(am/is/are) 的过去式是 was/were: 

I/he/she/it was/wasn't 

we/you/they were/weren't 

was I/he/she/it? 

Were we/you/they? 

在英文中,过去发生的而现在已经结束的动作要用一般过去时来表 

示。be 动词的过去式不规则,第 1 人称与第 3 人称单数用 was,其他情 

况用 were。 

用be 动词的一般现在时形式的一般疑问句及特殊疑问句迄今已介绍 

过,其过去时形式也一样,只是动词 be 在形式上变为 was 或 were。请看 

以下例句: 

Was Mrs. Johnson at the butcher's? 

No, she wasn't. 

Were you at school or at church on January 1st? 

I wasn' t at school on January 1st. I was at church. 

When was he absent from school? 

He was absent on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. 

Where were you on Sunday? 

I was at church on Sunday. 

【词汇学习 Word study】

1.spend v. 

(1)花(时间等);度过: 

Where are the Johnsons going to spend the weekend? 

约翰逊一家准备到哪儿去度这个周末? 

I hope that you wouldn't spend so much time watching television. 

我希望你不要花这么多的时间看电视。 

(2)用(钱),花费: 

I'm going to spend all my money this weekend! 

这个周末我要把我所有的钱都花掉! 

At present, more and more people have come to realize that more 

money should be spent on health and education. 

目前,越来越多的人已开始认识到:应该在健康和教育方面多 

花些钱。 

2.country 

(1)n. 国家;国土;故乡: 

China is a country with a large population. 

中国是一个人口众多的国家。 

India, a former British colony, is now a fully independent country. 

曾一度为英国殖民地的印度如今已是一个完全独立的国家。 

(2)n. [the~] 乡下,乡村: 

His mother has always wanted to live in the country. 

他的母亲一直以来都想居住在乡间。 

How many days are they going to spend in the country? 

他们准备在乡下过几天? 

(3)adj. 乡下的;乡村风味的: 

I prefer country life to life in the city. 

乡村生活与城市生活相比,我更喜欢乡村生活。 

After nearly thirty years in the city, he's still country. 

他在城里住了将近三十年,可还是土气十足。

【练习答案 Key to written exercises】 

Lesson 68 

1 I was at / church on Sunday. 

2 I was at the office on Monday. 

3 My son was at / school on Tuesday. 

4 My wife was at the butcher's on Wednesday. 

5 She was at the grocer's on Thursday. 

6 My daughter was in the country on Friday. 

7 I was at / home on Saturday. 

1 When was Tom at the hairdresser's? 

He was at the hair-dresser's on Thursday. 

2 When was Mrs. Jones at the butcher's? 

She was at the butcher's on Wednesday. 

3 When was he at home? 

He was at home on Sunday. 

4 When was Penny at the baker's? 

She was at the baker's on Friday. 

5 When was Mrs. Williams at the grocer's? 

She was at the grocer's on Monday. 

6 When was Nicola at the office? 

She was at the office on Tuesday. 


一般过去时的使用

一般过去时是英语中常用的时态之一,用来描述在过去某个具体时间发生的动作或存在的状态,或者过去经常或反复发生的动作。在构成一般过去时时,规则动词通常在词尾加上-ed,而不规则动词则有其特殊的过去式形式。

对于be动词的过去式变化:

这种变化不仅适用于肯定句,也适用于否定句和疑问句。

1. 肯定句:

2. 否定句:

3. 一般疑问句:

4. 特殊疑问句:

在使用一般过去时时,除了be动词外,还要注意其他动词的过去式形式。规则动词的过去式通常在词尾加上-ed或-d,而不规则动词则需要记忆其特殊的过去式形式,如go去了went,come去了came等。

此外,一般过去时也常用于叙述过去的故事或经历,以及在含有时间状语从句的复合句中,当主句的动作发生在过去,而从句的动作发生在过去的过去时,需要使用过去完成时。

掌握一般过去时的用法对于提高英语水平和进行有效沟通至关重要。通过不断练习和应用,可以更自然地使用这一时态来描述过去发生的事件。