<例句>
She stood there for three hours.
她在那儿站了三个小时。
<语法分析>
动作可以延续，能与一段时间连用的动词叫作延续性动词，如本句中的stand。较常见的延续性动词有carry, exist, work, write，stay和talk等。如果动作是在瞬间完成，不能与一段时间连用的动词叫作非延续性动词。较常见的非延续性动词有leave, stop, put, bring, catch, open, close, fall, kill和lose等。但有些动词既可以作延续性动词又可以作非延续性动词，其意义略有不同。
<触类旁通>
(1) We'll remember her name till we die.
我们一辈子记住她的名字。
语法分析：remember为延续性动词。
(2) I didn't sleep until 10 o'clock in the evening.
我晚上十点才去睡觉。
语法分析：sleep为非延续性动词。
(3) I waited for him until sunset.
我等他一直到太阳下山。
语法分析：在肯定句中，until或till与延续性动词连用。
(4) She didn't finish the article until midnight.
她半夜才写完这篇文章。
语法分析：在否定句中，until与非延续性动词连用。
(5) It began to rain at four last night.
昨晚四点天开始下雨了。
语法分析：延续性动词不与点时间连用。
(6) I was in classroom at five yesterday afternoon.
昨天下午五点，我在教室。
语法分析：个别延续性动词，如be，其一般式可代替进行式，故可与点时间状语连用。
(7) It is three years since she died.
她死了三年了。
语法分析：非延续性动词不与段时间状语连用。
(8) The girl sent her mother one present after another for nearly three years.
这个女孩有三年时间经常一个一个地给她妈妈送礼物。
语法分析：如果非延续性动词表示不断反复的动作，则可以与段时间状语连用。
<巩固练习>
1. All the other students were playing while he _____ reading a book.
[A] continued [B] remained [C] still [D] go on
2. His parents wished him to be a doctor. But in the end he _____ lawyer.
[A] became [B] got [C] changed [D] turned
3. You may _____ cheated, robbed and murdered in London.
[A] become [B] burn [C] got [D] make
4. Her mother died and _____ her a lot of money.
[A] gave [B] left [C] get [D] make
5. Cheap coal _____ a lot of smoke.
[A] gives up [B] gives in [C] gives away [D] gives off
6. I asked her to _____ me a few minutes so that we should go over all the problems.
[A] spend [B] save [C] spare [D] share
<参考答案>
1.[A] 2.[D] 3.[C] 4.[B] 5.[D] 6.[C]
