Linguigo · No. 67A2童话2 分钟

The Smallest Star

本篇内容

– 读一篇关于“童话”的短文
– 学习 6 个单词
– 练习一般过去时 (Past simple)

follow, star, bright, cloud, nest, weak

点一下不认识的单词。

High in the sky, there were many big, bright stars. One star was very small. “My light is too weak,” she said sadly. “Nobody can see me.”

One cloudy night, a little bird was flying home late. The clouds covered all the big stars, and the bird could not find the way to her nest.

But there was one small hole in the clouds, and the little star was in that hole. She shone as brightly as she could. The bird saw the light and followed it all the way home.

“Thank you, little star!” the bird sang. From that night, the smallest star was never sad again. She knew that even a small light can help.

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难句解析

1
She shone as brightly as she could.
"as ... as she could" 意为“尽她所能地……”。shone 是 shine（发光）的过去式。意思是：她尽全力发出最亮的光。
2
She knew that even a small light can help.
"even" 是“即使、甚至”。意思是：她知道，即使是很小的光，也能帮上忙。

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

The bird saw the light and followed it all the way home.
She shone as brightly as she could.

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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5 道题，考考你对故事、单词和语法的理解。