故事

Linguigo · No. 53A2日常生活3 分钟

The Lost Key

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本篇内容
  • – 读一篇关于“日常生活”的短文
  • – 学习 6 个单词
  • – 练习 一般过去时 (Past simple)

look, key, believe, lose, neighbor, suddenly

点一下不认识的单词。

On Friday evening, Lily came home late from work. She was tired and hungry, and she wanted a hot dinner. At the door, she looked in her bag for her key. It wasn't there.

She looked in her coat and in her pockets. Nothing. “Oh no,” she thought. “I can't believe it. I lost my key again!” It was dark and cold, and it started to rain.

Lily called her neighbor Mei. Mei had a second key for days like this. “Don't worry,” Mei said. “I'm coming.” Five minutes later, she opened the door with a big smile.

In the kitchen, Lily suddenly laughed. Her key was on the table! She didn't take it with her in the morning. “It's not lost,” she said to Mei. “It stayed at home all day.”

难句解析

  1. 1

    Mei had a second key for days like this.

    "a second key" 指备用钥匙；"for days like this" 字面是“为了像今天这样的日子”，也就是“以备不时之需”。整句：梅有一把备用钥匙，就是为了应付这种情况。

  2. 2

    “I'm coming.”

    现在进行时也可以表示马上要做的事。"I'm coming" 的意思是“我马上就来”，而不是“我正在来”。

  3. 3

    She didn't take it with her in the morning.

    一般过去时的否定：didn't + 动词原形（take，不是 took）。"take it with her" 表示“随身带着”，所以这句是说：她早上出门时没把钥匙带在身上。

本篇语法

一般过去时 (Past simple)

一般过去时表示过去某个时间发生并已经结束的事：I visited Beijing last year. 规则动词加 -ed：walk → walked；很多常用动词是不规则的：go → went, see → saw, have → had。否定和疑问用 did + 动词原形：I didn't see him. Did you call her?

verb-ed / irregular form · did / didn't + base verb

故事中的例句

  • Lily called her neighbor Mei.
  • She didn't take it with her in the morning.
  • In the kitchen, Lily suddenly laughed.

常见错误

说过去的事时动词不变（中文用“了”“昨天”表示时间）。

Yesterday I go to the park.

Yesterday I went to the park.

本篇单词

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