Period 3 Grammar and usage—Future in the past
阅读以下短文,感知加黑的句子,并完成其后的题目。
One dollar and eighty-seven cents.That was all she had.Della counted it three times.One dollar and eighty-seven cents.(1)And the next day would be Christmas.(2)If she was to buy a nice gift for her husband Jim,(3)she would need more money.But how could she earn some Della stood in front of the mirror in her apartment.She looked at her reflection,brushed her long,brown hair,and made up her mind:(4)she was going to sell her hair.With the money she received for it,(5)she would buy Jim a perfect gift.
Della had her hair cut off and sold it for twenty dollars.She spent the next two hours hunting for Jim’s gift.She found it at last:a simple but beautiful watch chain for his gold watch,which had been passed down to him from his grandfather.Della paid twenty-one dollars for the watch chain,and hurried home with the remaining eighty-seven cents.She looked at her reflection in the mirror carefully again.She felt nervous.Did she look like a little schoolboy without her beautiful long hair?(6)Would Jim still think she was pretty?(7)She was about to find out.
[自主发现]
以上黑体句在时态上均为过去将来时,其中句 和 表示从过去某时来看将要发生的动作或存在的状态; 表示“过去曾计划或安排要做”;____表示“过去准备、计划去做”,为主观打算或客观判断; 表示过去即将发生的动作。
概念:过去将来时描述从过去某一时间看将要发生的某个动作或存在的某个状态。
一、过去将来时的常见结构及其用法
1.would+动词原形
(1)表示从过去某时来看将要发生的动作或存在的状态。常用于宾语从句中。
He said that he would wait for us at the bus stop.他说他会在车站等我们。
She hoped that they would meet again someday.她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。
Whenever we had trouble,he would come to help us.
每当我们遇到困难时,他总会来帮助我们。
(3)用于虚拟语气中表示对现在或将来情况的虚拟。
If I were you,I would not do that.
要是我是你的话,我就不会那样做。
If it rained tomorrow,we would stay at home.
如果明天下雨,我们就待在家里。
I wish he would go with me to the cinema tonight.
我希望他今晚能和我一起去看电影。
2.“was/were going to+动词原形”表示过去准备、计划做某事。
She was not going to do anything that evening.
那天晚上她不准备做任何事。
When they arrived,the plane was just going to take off.
飞机正要起飞时他们到了。
3.“was/were about to+动词原形”表示过去即将发生的动作。常用于句型“be about to do...when...”,表示“正要做……这时……”。
We were about to set out on a trip when it suddenly began to rain heavily.
我们正要出发去旅行,这时突然下起了大雨。
4.“was/were to+动词原形”表示曾计划做某事,但不表明计划是否被执行;或表示命中注定要发生的事。
I felt nervous because I was soon to leave home for the first time.
我感到紧张,因为我很快就要第一次离开家了。
二、特殊用法
1.go,come,leave,arrive等少数趋向性短暂动词可用过去进行时表示过去将要发生的情况。
I asked her whether she was coming to the party.
我问她是否要来参加晚会。
He told me Mr Green was leaving for Hawaii a few hours later.
他告诉我格林先生几个小时后就要去夏威夷。
2.条件状语从句和时间状语从句中需用一般过去时表示过去将来时。
I didn’t know when she would come,but when she came I would let you know.
我不知道她什么时候来,但她来了我会告诉你。
注意:第一个when引导宾语从句,可使用过去将来时;第二个when引导时间状语从句,只能用一般过去时代替过去将来时。
根据本单元所学语法知识完成语篇填空
Three years ago,my mom told me that she 1. (send) me to a private high school.I was so excited because I 2. (start) a new chapter of my life.But the first two weeks at the new school was the most difficult time of my entire life.I was so homesick and I 3. (not,know) how to cheer myself up.To take my attention away from my sadness,I 4. (throw) myself into my studies.I wanted to keep every second of my day busy and occupied so I 5. (not,think) about how lonely I felt.Gradually,I 6. (start) to adapt myself to my new life.I just remember one afternoon,as I was about 7. (leave) the classroom after class,my head teacher walked to me and said that all my hard work 8. (pay) off soon.Now I 9. (be) in my ideal university.So if you put your effort into something,the result 10.___________(not,disappoint) you.
Period 3
语法感悟
(1),(3),(5) (6) (2) (4) (7)
达标检测
1.would send/was going to send
2.would start
3.didn’t know
4.threw
5.wouldn’t think
6.started
7.to leave
8.would pay
9.am
10.wouldn’t disappoint