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Linguigo · No. 66A2动物3 分钟

The Owl Who Wanted to Play

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

forest, moon, star, awake, owl, squirrel

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Olly was a little owl. He lived in a big old tree in the forest. Every day, Olly slept, and every night, he was awake. But Olly had a problem. All his friends played in the daytime!

One morning, Olly tried to stay awake. He played with the squirrel and the rabbit. They ran, jumped and laughed. But soon Olly’s eyes were heavy, and he fell asleep on a rock in the middle of the game.

The squirrel and the rabbit had an idea. That evening, they did not go to bed early. They waited under Olly’s tree. When the moon came up, Olly opened his eyes. “Surprise!” his friends shouted.

They played together under the stars. Then his friends went home to sleep, and Olly flew up into the night sky, very happy.

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难句解析

  1. 1

    But soon Olly’s eyes were heavy, and he fell asleep on a rock in the middle of the game.

    "eyes were heavy" 字面是“眼睛很重”，意思是很困、眼皮发沉。"fell asleep" 是“睡着了”（fall 的过去式是 fell）。"in the middle of" 是“在……中间”。

  2. 2

    That evening, they did not go to bed early.

    一般过去时的否定：did not + 动词原形（go）。意思是：那天晚上，他们没有早早睡觉。

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

  • He lived in a big old tree in the forest.
  • They waited under Olly’s tree.

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.

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