(单词翻译:单击)
This is Everyday Grammar. I'm Alice Bryant.
这里是《每日语法》节目。我是爱丽丝·布莱恩特。
Today, we are talking about the simple past verb tense, also called the past simple.
今天，我们要谈论的是一般过去时。
We can use many verb tenses to talk about the past, but the simple past is what we use most often.
我们可以用很多动词时态来谈论过去，但我们最常用的是一般过去时。
We form this tense by adding -ed or -d to most verbs in English.
在英语中，我们通过在大多数动词后面加上-ed或-d来形成这种时态。
But English has many verbs with irregular past forms, such as say, have, go, be and see.
但英语中有许多不规则动词的过去式，如say，have，go，be和see。
We use the simple past to talk about completed actions in the past and to talk about habits in the past.
我们用一般过去时来谈论过去已经完成的动作和过去的习惯。
Listen to this speaker talk about a completed action in the past:
听下面这位说话者谈论过去已经完成的一个动作：
I watched some funny videos last night.
我昨晚看了一些有趣的视频。
And when we use the simple past to talk about past habits, we usually add short phrases to make the meaning clear.
当我们用一般过去时来谈论过去的习惯时，我们通常会加上短语来明确意思。
Listen to these speakers use the simple past to talk about repeated past actions:
听下面这些说话者用一般过去时谈论过去反复发生的动作：
I took drawing classes in middle school.
我在中学时上过绘画课。
She ran every day for three months.
她每天都跑步，坚持了三个月。
To form questions with the simple past, we add the verb "do," like this:
为了构成一般过去时的疑问句，我们要加上助动词“do”，如：
Did you take drawing classes in middle school?
你在中学时上过绘画课吗？
Notice that when we use the past tense auxiliary, "did," the main verb, "take," stays in simple form.
请注意，当我们使用一般过去时的助动词“did”时，主要动词“take”保持原形。
Negative statements in this tense also use the auxiliary verb "do".
一般过去时的否定句也用助动词“do”。
And that's Everyday Grammar.
以上就是今天的《每日语法》。
