8.7　过去将来时态

8.7.1　一般过去将来时的用法

1) 一般过去将来时表示从过去观点看将要发生的事：

It was four o'clock. Soon the sun would come up. 这时是四点钟，一会儿太阳就要出来了。

Perhaps she would be willing to join us, I thought. 我想或许她会愿意加入到我们中来。

We stopped for a little while. After that we would go into town. 我们停留了一会儿，然后我们就将进城。

From their trip to the west, they would return in October. 他们西部之行后将于十月回来。

He was sixty-eight. In two years he would be seventy. 他六十八了，再过两年就七十了。

2) 这个时态常用在宾语从句中：

I knew you would agree. （比较：I know you will agree.） 我知道你会同意的。

I little thought you would object to the plan. 我没想到你会反对这计划。

I arose, telling him I would wait for him outside. 我站起身，告诉他我将在外面等他。

We expected that you would stay here. 我们预料你会住这儿。

I thought the roses would come out soon. 我想玫瑰不久就会开花。

She never dreamed the place would be so beautiful. 她做梦也没想到这地方会这样美。

还可用于下面这类从句中：

She was confident that she would find work. 她自信她会找到工作的。

I was certain that he would get over his illness. 我确信他会战胜病魔。

He was sure that he would succeed. 他深信他能成功。

It was still a problem whether we would have time to do it. 我们是否有时间做这事还是个问题。

8.7.2　过去将来进行时和过去将来完成时

1) 过去将来进行时表示从过去观点看将来某时会正在进行的动作：

I thought Richard would be looking after her. 我想里查德会照顾她的。

She didn't know when she would be seeing them again. 她不知道她什么时候会再见到他们。

I asked him what he would be doing that night. 我问他那天晚上他将会干什么。

He said he would be watching TV that night. 他说那天晚上他将看电视。

2) 这个时态和将来进行时是相似的，只不过是把观点移到过去而已：

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3) 过去将来完成时表示从过去观点看将来某时前会已发生的事：

I thought you'd have left by this time. 我想到这时你会已经走了。

She hoped that they would have got everything ready before she got back. 她希望在她回来以前他们已把一切都准备好。

He told them he would have finished by 8 o'clock. 他告诉他们他八点前就会干完。

I guessed that Helen would have told her something. 我猜海伦会已告诉她一些情况。

4) 过去将来完成进行时用得很少，但用法和将来完成进行时是一致的，只是把观点移向过去而已：

She said she would have been teaching for twenty years by this summer. （比较：She will have been teaching for twenty years by this summer.）她说到今年暑期她教书就已满二十年了。

They told me that by the end of the year they would have been working together for thirty years. 他们告诉我到今年年底他们在一起工作就满三十年了。

8.7.3　“从过去观点看将来”的一些其他表示法

“从过去观点看将来”还有一些其他表示法：

1) was (were) going to——（过去某时）准备做某事：

He was just going to go to bed when there was a knock at the door. 他正准备睡觉时忽然有人敲门。

She was going to sell her old car and buy a new one. 她打算把旧车卖掉买辆新车。

I thought there was going to be a storm soon. 我想就将有一场暴风雨来临。

Was Mary going to come with us? 玛丽准备和我们一道去吗？

2) 过去进行时——（过去某时）将要做某事：

He told me he was leaving in an hour. 他告诉我他一小时后就要走了。

I asked her whether she was coming to the party. 我问她是否要来参加晚会。

I heard they were getting married in June. 我听说他们六月结婚。

She said she wasn't going out that evening. 她说她那天晚上不外出。

3) was (were) about to——（过去某时）正要做某事：

We were about to leave when a car drove up. 我们正要离开时一辆车开了过来。

He said that he was just about to phone us. 他说他正要给我们打电话。

I was about to take a bath when the telephone rang. 我正要洗澡时电话铃响了。

He was about to win the race. Sudderly he stumbled and fell. 他赛跑就要获胜时，突然脚下一绊摔倒了。

4) was (were) due to——定于（后来某时）做某事：

The passenger plane was due to take off in five minutes. 客机五分钟后将起飞。

The conference was due to last five days. 会议将持续五天。

The Cox brothers were due to graduate that autumn. 考克斯兄弟将于那年秋天毕业。

He was due to speak that night. 他定于那天晚上发言。

5) was (were)+不定式——（过去某时）准备将来做某事：

She was to take the 10:30 train, but she got to the station too late. 她本来打算坐十点半的火车，但她到达车站时已经太晚了。

We were to have a picnic that afternoon. Suddenly it began to rain. 我们计划那天下午去野餐，突然天下起雨来。

He was to go hunting after lunch. 午饭后他准备去狩猎。

How were they to cross the river? 他们该怎样过河呢？

All this I was to learn later. 这一切我后来才知道。

6) was (were)+不定式的完成形式——本来打算做某事：

We were to have met in the park, but he didn't turn up. 我们本来要在公园里会面的，但他没有来。

They were to have been married that year. Then the war broke out. 他们本来打算那年结婚的，后来战争爆发了。

I was to have told you about it, but haven't found time to do so. 我本来想告诉你的，却没腾出空来跟你说。