现在进行时的基本概念
1)现在进行时表示此时此刻(说话人说话时)正在进行的动作,它并不表明这一动作从什么时候开始,到什么时候结束。汉语常用"(正)在"或"着"来表示这种时间关系。如:
What are you doing?
-I'm doing some washing.你在干什么?--我在洗衣服。 Look! It is snowing.瞧!下着雪哩。
She is drawing a map.她在画一张地图。 Are they listening to the music?
-NO,they are listening to the radio.他们在听音乐吗?--不,他们在听收音机。
2)现在进行时可表示现阶段正在进行着的动作,虽然此时此刻这个动作可能并不在进行。如:
He is working on a paper.他在写一篇论文。
They are compiling a dictionary.他们在编一本词典。 3)现在进行时有时可表示将来发生的动作,有"意图"或"打算"的含义(用于go,come,stay,1eave,start等表示移动的动词)。如:
He is corning to see you tomorrow.他明天要来看你。
They are going to the Ming tombs this coming Sunday.这个星期天他们要到十三陵去。
They are taking the children to the zoo on Sunday.他们星期天要带孩子们去动物园。
What are you doing next Sunday? I'm going on a picnic with my wife and daughter.这个星期天你要干什么?我要和妻子和女儿去野餐。
过去进行时的基本概念 过去进行时(past continuous tense)表示过去某一时刻或某段时间正在进行的动作。如:
I was practicing the violin at eight o'clock yesterday evening. 昨晚八点钟我正在练习小提琴。
When Walter arrived home,his sister was doing her homework.沃尔特到家时,他妹妹正在做作业。
Pat was watching TV all evening. 帕特整个晚上都在看电视。