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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 last month. 我听说他上个月结婚了。
I hear you want a secretary. 我听说你需要一个秘书。
He says the matter is rather urgent. 他说这事相当紧急。
Mary says you told her to come over here. 玛丽说是你让她到这儿来的。
It really gets me when he says those stupid things. 他说那些傻话真让我生气。
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。
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