1. 用于某些動(dòng)詞(tell, say, hear, learn, gather等)表示不確定的過(guò)去時(shí)間：John tells me you will leave tomorrow. 約翰告訴我你明天離開(kāi)。I hear that he got married again last month. 我聽(tīng)說(shuō)他上個(gè)月結(jié)婚了。Mary?says that?you told her to come over here. 瑪麗說(shuō)是你讓她到這兒來(lái)的。

2. 當(dāng)要陳述一個(gè)客觀事實(shí)時(shí)，有時(shí)即使有過(guò)去時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)也可用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)：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. 故事開(kāi)始于1937年。