(单词翻译:单击)
Hello, Dr. Jill! How are you doing today?
吉尔博士，你好！你今天过得怎么样？
I'm doing great! You know, John, I've been reading some of my old diary entries.
我过得很好！约翰，我读了一些我以前写的日记。
Shouldn't those be in a museum?
那些东西不是应该被放在博物馆里吗？
No, I'm not that old.
不，我没那么老。
I'm only joking! I'm only joking! I'm sure your handwriting is better than mine.
我只是在开玩笑！我只是在开玩笑！我敢肯定你写的字比我写的好看。
Reading these entries made me think about grammar, and how the simple past plays an important part in journal writing.
读这些日记让我想到了语法以及一般过去时是如何在日记写作中发挥重要作用的。
Right! In journals, you often describe your day--the events that took place before you wrote them down.
没错！在日记中，你经常会描述你的一天——在你写下它们之前发生的事件。
That's right. The basic idea of the simple past is that at one point in time in the past, an event happened.
没错。一般过去时的基本概念是，在过去的某个时间点发生的事件。
It began and ended in the past.
它开始于过去，也结束于过去。
Listen to this journal entry.
来听一下这篇日记。
I was so crazy in my youth!
我年轻的时候太疯狂了！
Yesterday, I went to an underground rock festival in New York.
昨天，我去参加了纽约的一场地下摇滚音乐节。
At home, I dressed in wild clothes, and I hitchhiked to the event. When I arrived, l saw…
在家里，我穿上奇装异服，然后搭便车去参加活动。当我到达时，我看到了……
Thank you for sharing, Dr. Jill!
谢谢你的分享，吉尔博士！
I think I've heard enough.
我想我听够了。
I noticed how often you used the simple past.
我注意到你经常使用一般过去时。
But the story gets so crazy. Listen to this.
但故事变得太疯狂了。听听这个。
I think I'm having internet connection problems…
我想我的网络连接出问题了……
That's Everyday Grammar!
以上就是今天的《每日语法》！
