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Learning grammar
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8．过去完成进行时
表示过去某事发生之前的一段时间内一直发生的动作
I'd been working hard all day.
我一整天都很辛苦。
Before he started his own business last year, he had been working with a French company for five years.
在他去年创办自己的公司之前，他在一家法国公司干了五年。
Ken gave up smoking two years ago. He'd been smoking for 30 years.
两年前肯戒了烟，之前他抽了三十年烟。
She told me that the old man had been living in that small cottage for all his life.
她告诉我那个老人一辈子都住在那间小茅舍里。
9． 将来时
由be going to，shall（第一人称），will（所有人称）＋动词原形构成
一般将来时表示未来将要发生的动作
Look at those black clouds. It's going to rain.
看那成堆的乌云，要下雨啦！
The bid will open tomorrow.
招标明天开始。
表示短期内即将发生的动作，也可表示将来某一时刻将会进行的动作
Henry will be retiring next year. He will be opening a small bookstore. His wife will be helping him run the store. It will be a small family business, so they won't be needing too much money. He won't be making a lot of money, but it'll be enough.
亨利明年就退休了，到时他会开有一个小书店，他的妻子会帮他经营。这是小本生意，因此他们不需要太多的钱。他也发不了财，但这也足够了。
I'll be seeing him in the office tomorrow.
明天我可以在办公室见到他。
This time tomorrow I shall be flying to Guangzhou.
明天的这个时候，我将飞往广州。
The use of "shall" is not common in American English, but it appears on our grammar tests too! In fact American students usually answer these exam questions incorrectly because they are so unfamiliar with using it in their daily life.
(Contributor: Kim Lee, an American teacher with the Li Yang Crazy English Company.)
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