当我还是虫宝宝的时候，虫妈成天碎碎念：“作业没有写完就不可以吃饭！”虫子长大以后，虫妈就改口了：“工作没有做完就不可以吃饭！”（论搬家的必要性）

虫妈昨晚又叨叨了，虫子也乖乖照做了。也就是说，手头的事情先做完了，然后才吃的饭。

画一条时间轴，应该是酱的：时间轴的最右边为现在：

“干完活儿”和“开饭”，两个都是过去的动作；其中，“干完活儿”先发生，比“开饭”这个动作还要再过去一点。这也是老师们常把先发生的动作叫做“过去的过去”的原因。

这个概念弄懂后，学习「过去完成时」就简单多了。总体原则是：对于两个过去的动作，先发生的用「过去完成时」，后发生的用「一般现在时」。

01 知识点梳理

概念：“过去的过去”

结构：had + 过去分词

常用时间状语：

例句：

注：对于 before，after 引导的从句，动作发生的先后顺序很明显，用一般过去时也可以。所以，在正常情况下，上句可改成：Did you feed the cat before you went to work?

02 固定搭配

▶ no sooner (A) than (B)

“刚做A，B就发生了”，指A、B前后两个动作，时间上离得比较近。

从 A 到 B，分别是按顺序的先发生、后发生的动作。所以，A用过去完成时，B用一般过去时。

《新概念英语2》38课出现过这个句型，讲了一个衣锦还乡的英国人，光速买房又卖房离开的无厘头故事。

该句式常跟 as soon as…（一……就……） 换着用。上面的例句，也可以改为：

As soon as he had returned, he bought a house.

▶ hardly (A) when (B)

它是 no sooner (A) than (B) 的姊妹句式，意思相近，“刚做A，B就发生了”，“还没来得及做 A，B就发生了”。

又说回那个英国人：

注：A先发生，用过去完成时；B后发生，用一般过去时。

▶ It was the first time that…

……第一次……

隔壁女神钢琴十级，她国际孤独十级，都还不错啦。

注：举一反三，first 可以替换成 second, third 等其他序数词。

03 课后练习

1. When I ________ (arrive) home last night, I discovered that Honey ________ (prepare) a beautiful candlelight dinner.

2. Since I began acting, I ________ (perform) in two plays, a television commercial and a TV drama. However, I (speak, never even) publicly before I came to Hollywood in 2010.

3. By the time I got to the office, the meeting ________ (begin, already) without me. My boss ________(be) furious with me and I ________(be) fired.

4. When I ________(turn) the radio on yesterday, I ________(hear) a song that was popular when I was in high school. I ________(hear, not) the song in years, and it ________(bring) back some great memories.

5. Last week, I ________(run) into an ex of mine. We ________ (see, not) each other in years, and both of us ________ (change) a great deal. I ________ (enjoy) talking to him so much that I ________ (ask) him out on a date. We are getting together tonight for dinner.

6. When Jack ________ (enter) the room, I ________ (recognize, not) him because he ________ (lose) so much weight and ________ (grow) a beard. He looked totally different!

7. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their culture ________(disappear, virtually) by the time Europeans first ________ (arrive) in the New World.

8. I ________ (visit) so many beautiful places since I ________ (come) to Utah. Before moving here, I ________ (hear, never) of Bryce Canyon, Zion, Arches, or Canyonlands.

习题来源：Englishpage

获取答案方式

微·信·公·号：虫虫讲英语

后·台·回·复：过去完成时

「虫虫讲英语」老少咸宜的英语学习号 —— 有时候，语法换一种方式讲，就听懂了。

04 总结「过去完成时」

概念：过去的过去

结构：had done

常用时间状语：

常见句式：

no sooner... than...

hardly... when...

It was the first time that...

<・ )))><<

最近“人人皆是酸菜鱼”突然很火

我们用「过去完成时」造个句子

一探自己能有

多酸、多菜、多多余、多丧伐？

我先来

God had slammed the door behind me before he fell asleep

上帝“砰”地为我关上门

然后就洗洗睡了

现在，️交给你

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