Lesson 3 Please send me a card 请给我寄一张明信片
First listen and answer the question
听录音回答问题
How many cards did the writer send?
作者寄了多少张明信片？
Postcards always spoil my holiday.Last summer,I went to Italy.I visited the museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian.Then he lent me a book.I read a few lines,but I did not understand a word.Every day I thought about the postcards.My holiday passed quickly,but I did not send cards to my friends.On the last day I made a big decision.I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards.I spend the whole day in my room,but I did not write a single card!
明信片经常毁了我的假期。去年夏天，我去了意大利。我参观了博物馆，还去了公园。一位友好的服务员教了我几句意大利语，还借给我一本书。我读了几行，但一句也不懂。我每天都想着明信片的事。假期过得很快，但我还没有给我朋友寄明信片。到了最后一天，我做出了一项重大决定。我早早起了床，买了37张明信片。我在房间整整待了一天，但是我一张明信片都没有写出来！
注意：标注的动词都是过去式
语法点：一般过去式
概念：一般过去时(simple past tense)表示过去某个时间里发生的动作或状态；过去习惯性、经常性的动作、行为。
句法结构：
肯定形式：
主语 动词过去式 其它
例句：She came to help us in those days．
否定形态：
主语 didn't 谓语动词原形 其它
1.在行为动词前加didn't，同时还原行为动词
例句：I didn't know you like coffee.
一般疑问句：
①Did 主语 谓语动词原形 其它
②Was/Were 主语 表语
例句：Did you do homework?
特殊疑问句：
①特殊疑问词 did 主语 动词原形 其它？
②特殊疑问词 was/were 物主代词/...'s sth.？
被动语态：
主语 was / were 动词的过去分词
用表格整理如下：
| 肯定式 | 疑问式 | 否定式 | 疑问否定式 |
| I worked | Did I work? | I didn't work | Did I not work? |
| He(She,It) worked | Did he(she,it) work? | He (she,it)didn't work | Did he(she,it)not work? |
| We worked | Did we work? | We didn't work | Did we not work? |
| You worked | Did you work? | You didn't work | Did you not work? |
| They worked | Did they work? | They didn't work | Did they not work? |
What happened 一般过去时
Read this short conversion.Pay close attention to the verbs in italics.Each of these verbs tell us what happened.
读一读下面这段对话，特别注意斜体的动词，每个动词都告诉我们发生了什么。
POLICEMAN:Did you see the accident,sir?
先生，你看到那个事故吗？
MAN:Yes I did.The driver of that car hit the post over there.
是的，我看到了。那辆车的司机撞到那边的杆子上了。
POLICEMAN:What happened?
发生了什么事？
MAN:A dog ran across the road and the driver tried to avoid it.The car suddenly came towards me.It climbed on to the pavement and crashed into the post.
一条狗穿过马路，那个司机企图躲开狗。突然，汽车朝我开过来。它走上人行道，撞到那根杆子上了。
POLICEMAN:What did you do?
你做了什么？
MAN:I ran across the street after the dog.
我穿过马路去追狗了。
POLICEMAN:Why did you do that?Were you afraid of the car?
你为什么那样做呢？你怕汽车吗？
MAN:I wasn’t afraid of the car.I was afraid of the driver.The driver got out of the car and began shouting at me.He was very angry with me.You see,it was my dog.
我不怕汽车，我怕那个司机。他下了车，开始朝我喊了起来。他对我很生气。你知道的，那是我的狗。
