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The time words "if", "when", "before" and "after"
时间词if, when, before以及after
are regularly used in everyday English
是日常英语中的常用词
Let's learn how to use the present tense after these time words
我们来学习如何在这些时间词后使用完成时吧
Although we are talking about the future
即使我们是在谈论将来
we use the present verb form
我们在if, when, before和after后
after "if", "when", "before" and "after"
使用现在时形式
We don't say
我们不会说
If they will build a new hotel on the site
If they will build a new hotel on the site
there will definitely be more jobs
there will definitely be more jobs
We say
我们会说
If they build a new hotel on the site
If they build a new hotel on the site
there will definitely be more jobs
there will definitely be more jobs
We use "if" for something that might happen in the future
我们使用if表示将来可能发生的事
for something we are not sure about
表示我们并不确定的事
If the weather is good tomorrow, we will go to the beach
如果明天天气好，我们就去海边
We use "when", "as soon as" and "before"
当我们说到
when we talk about something
确定会在将来发生的事时
that we are sure will happen in the future
我们使用when, as soon as以及before
When we get to Wellington, we will go to Te Papa
当我们到达惠灵顿，我们回去蒂帕帕博物馆
As soon as we get to Christchurch, we will have lunch
当我们到达基督城，我们就吃午餐
Our rude mirror is back again this week
本周，我们的大嘴镜又来了
to offend another unlucky customer
要冒犯另一位倒霉的顾客
See how it uses the time words "if", "when", "before" and "after"
看看它是如何在现在时中
in the present tense
使用if, when, before和after这些时间词的
If they learn how to sew a dead chicken to a piece of bread
如果他们学会将一只死鸡缝到一片面包上
and pass it off as a piece of clothing
并且把它做成衣服
I bet you'd be first in line to buy it
我猜你会第一个去排队买的
Excuse me? Did I just hear you correctly?
打扰一下，我没听错吧？
What's the matter?
有什么关系呢？
Are you suprised to see a talking mirror
看到一面会说话的镜子，是不是觉得很惊讶
or is it the first time someone's had the courage to tell you
或者是第一次有人有勇气对你说
that your clothes look like chunks of burnt carpet
你的衣服就像是烧焦的地毯拼起来的一样
If the fashion police find you
如果被时尚的警察撞见
they'll torture you on site!
他们会马上对你大刑伺候！
When I get out of here, I'm lodging a complaint
等我出去后，我要投诉
You could do that but I don't think you have time
你可以投诉，但我觉得你没时间了
Aren't you due back at the circus soon?
你不是要赶着把衣服还给马戏团吗？
If I ever came back here, I'm picking a different changing room
如果我再来的话，我要换一间更衣室
As soon as you leave, I'm having a wash
等你走以后，我要洗洗脸
just to make sure none of your reflection gets stuck on me
确保不会残留你的映像
I'm pleased to say I've never met a mirror quite like that before
我很庆幸自己没遇到过这样一面镜子
Here is again without subtitles
再来看一遍没有字幕的对话
Now we take a brief look at the term "used to"
现在我们来简略了解一下used to
"used to", as most commonly utilized
最常使用used to的情况
when referring to something that has happened in the past
是指曾在过去发生过的事情
Jim used to bike to work until he bought a car
在买车之前，吉姆曾经骑自行车去上班
Anna used to live in Christchurch
安娜曾经住在基督城
Notice that in these two sentences
注意，在这两句话中
what used to be is now no longer
曾经的一切已经不复存在
Jim doesn't still bike to work
吉姆现在不骑车上班了
and Anna no longer lives in Christchurch
安娜也不再住在基督城了
"used to" can also be incorporated into questions
used to也可以在问句中使用
Remember that we use the helping verb "did"
还记得吗？当提问时，我们将助动词did
before the subject when asking questions?
放到了主语的前面
Did people used to live long in the 17th Century?
17世纪时，人们是否长寿？
To demonstrate how "used to" is used, watch the next dialogue
为了示范used to的用法，请看下面的对话
