一般现在时表过去的用法
2008-05-08 17:10
1. 用于某些动词(tell, say, hear, learn, gather等)表示不确定的过去时间:John tells me you will leave tomorrow. 约翰告诉我你明天离开。I hear that he got married again last month. 我听说他上个月结婚了。Mary says that you told her to come over here. 玛丽说是你让她到这儿来的。
2. 当要陈述一个客观事实时,有时即使有过去时间状语也可用一般现在时:The story is set in the summer of 1937. 故事的背景是1937年夏天。The story begins in the year 1937. 故事开始于1937年。