Daniel: Wow, the view from the peak is so grand!

Dad: Look, most of the maple leaves have turned red.

Daniel: Did you ever see this kind of beautiful scene?

Dad: Of course, my father used to take me to Xiang Shan or somewhere like that as a child.

Daniel: But my father did not. He didn't have much time.

Dad: Honey, I'm sorry. I promise you, this summer vacation, I will take you to Huang-Shan Mountains. It is more beautiful and magnificent.

Daniel: Really? It's a deal. Have you ever been there?

Dad: Yes, I went there five years ago. You were still a baby at that time.

Daniel: It really gets me interested. Is it higher than Xiang Shan?

Dad: Surely. You can enjoy the beauty of numerous streams and waterfalls. The sea of clouds has a fairy tale beauty.

Daniel: Can I see the rainbow?

Dad: That depends. If you are lucky, you can see a vivid rainbow across over two peaks.

丹尼爾：哇，從山頂往下看，景色真壯觀！

爸爸：看，大部分楓葉都變紅了。

丹尼爾：你曾經看到過這么美的景色嗎？

爸爸：當然，在我小的時候，我爸爸常帶我去香山或者其他什么地方。

丹尼爾：但是我得爸爸卻不帶我玩。他總是沒有時間。

爸爸：寶貝，真對不起。我向你保證，今年暑假，我一定帶你去爬黃山。黃山更漂亮，也更壯觀。

丹尼爾：真的嗎？一言為定。你曾經去過嗎？

爸爸：是啊，我五年前去過那里。那個時候你還只是個小孩呢。

丹尼爾：我對這個很感興趣。它比香山高嗎？

爸爸：當然了。你可以欣賞數不勝數的溪流和瀑布。云海像童話一樣美麗。

丹尼爾：我能看到彩虹嗎？

爸爸：那不一定。如果你幸運的話，你可以看到跨越兩座山峰的鮮艷的彩虹。

Daniel: The view on the peak is really great. In different seasons you can see a lot of different sceneries, all of which are really amazing. So each time I go mountain climbing I would feel really happy. I think Nature is human beings' best friend.

peak n. 山峰

maple leaf 楓葉

summer vacation 暑假

magnificent adj. 重大的，壯觀的

mumerous adj. 無數的

stream n. 溪流

waterfall n. 　瀑布

fairy table n. 童話

rainbow n. 彩虹

That depends. 視情況而定。

一般過去時

“My father used to take me to Xiang Shan or somewhere like that as a child”中出現的語法現象為一般過去時。

1.一般過去時主要表示

（１）在過去的時間里所發生的動作或存在的狀態

時間狀語有：yesterday, last week, an hour ago, the other day, in 1949 等

I bought it yesterday. 我昨天買的。

Where did you go last night? 你昨天晚上去哪里了？

（２）在過去一段時間內，經常或習慣性的動作

When I was a child, I often played football in the street. 我小時候常在街道里踢足球。

（３）在常用口語句型It is time sb. did sth. （早該……了）中用過去時

It is time you went to bed. 你早該睡覺了。

2. 一般過去時的構成

（１）規則動詞過去式，一般在動詞原形末尾直接加上-ed

look-looked play-played

（２）以不發音的字母e結尾的動詞，去掉末尾e再加-ed

live-lived love-loved

（３）末尾只有一個輔音字母的重讀閉音節，先雙寫這個輔音字母，再加-ed

s-sped

（４）末尾是輔音字母+y結尾的動詞，先變y為I,　然后再加-ed

study-studied

（５）不規則動詞的過去式需特殊記憶

am(is)-was are-were go-went know-knew

get-got take-took have(has)-had eat-ate

一般過去時

從下邊找出與上邊邊相對應的動詞過去式，并填在橫線上。

1.go __________

2.research __________

3.know __________

4.am __________

5.supply __________

6.cancel __________

7.keep __________

knew

was

kept

cancelled

researched