(单词翻译:单击)
Hello, Dr. Jill. What are you thinking about today?
你好，吉尔博士。你今天想讲什么？
I was thinking about storytelling--describing actions that were completed before another action in the past.
我之前想讲故事——描述在过去的另一个动作发生之前完成的动作。
I see. You had already planned this lesson before I called you.
我明白了。在我给你打电话之前，你已经计划好了这节课。
You want to discuss the past perfect!
你想讨论过去完成时！
That's right. I planned the lesson because I knew you were watching soccer games all night long.
没错。我计划讲这节课是因为我知道你整晚都在看足球比赛。
Me! Never! Go! Go! Go!
我！绝对没有！加油！加油！加油！
The past perfect has the form: had+past participle.
过去完成时的形式：had+过去分词。
Right. The name itself points to an important idea about verbs in English: aspect.
对的。这个名字本身就指出了一个有关英语动词的重要概念：体。
Aspect generally refers to whether an action takes place before another action or event.
体通常指的是一个动作是否发生在另一个动作或事件之前。
It can also suggest whether an action has been completed or not.
它还可以表示某个动作是否已经完成。
So, the past perfect refers to an action that took place in the past--at a time before another action.
所以，过去完成时指的是发生在过去的一个动作——发生在另一个动作之前的某个时间。
When you said "You had already planned this lesson before I called...", you noted, correctly, that I had completed the action of planning the lesson before you called.
当你说“在我打电话之前，你已经计划好了这节课”，你正确地指出，在你打电话之前，我已经完成了计划这节课的行动。
We often use the adverb "already" with the past perfect.
副词“already”经常与过去完成时连用。
You can also use still, just, ever or never with the past perfect.
与过去完成时连用的还有still，just，ever或never。
Like, "I had just started my lunch when you called, so please let me get back to it."
比如，“你打电话的时候，我刚开始吃午饭，所以请让我继续吃吧。”
That's Everyday Grammar!
以上就是今天的《每日语法》！
