看到一个很好的方法,叫Narrative tenses,也就是利用电影片段,来练习时态的用法。
首先,用现在时做story tellling from outside,即用观众的视角,复述居中的故事。
然后,用过去式做story telling from inside。可以假设自己是其中一个角色,写日记记录故事情节,或者向第三方转述故事情节。
例如,观看A Room with a View
可以写一段话, as the Story of the Film。像这样
At the beginning, Lucy and Charlette are disappointed because they have not been given a room with a view....
然后,假设你是Lucy,写一篇Lucy's Diary。像这样
When we arrived in Florance we went straight to the pensione...