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現在進行式的用法：： |
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敘述現在正在進行中的動作 |
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敘述暫時性或短期的習慣或重複的動作 |
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敘述正在從事一項長期性的工作 |
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敘述和另一動作結合而成的習慣 |
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和 always、constantly、continually、perpetually、forever
(or for ever) 等表示
"總是"、、、 |
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用在疑問句裡以表示
"譴責"、"同情"、"不滿"、"好奇"
等情緒。如：
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已經和他人約定或安排於最近的將來要如何如何、、、
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續
上 期 |
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表示 "逐漸" 等含義 ——
get / grow / become / turn / run / go (變成)，begin (開始)， forget
(忘記)，remember (記得)，die (死)， finish (完成)， find (發現)，
rise (增強) 等的現在進行式不是表示 "動作的正在進行"，而是表示
"逐漸" 或 "越來越" 或 "快要"
的意思。此種現在進行式，除了偶爾和 now
連用外，是不和其他的時間副詞結合的。如：
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Our work is becoming more interesting.
(我們的工作越來越有趣了。) |
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The leaves are turning red.
(這些樹葉漸漸變紅了。) |
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He's going bald.
(他的頭頂越來越禿。)
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The cows are running dry.
(這些牛快沒奶了。)
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The carpet is wearing thin.
(這地毯越來越薄了。)
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She's growing to be more and more like
her mother.
(她越來越像她的母親。)
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The children didn't like living in the
country when they first moved here from Taipei, but they're getting
to like it now.
(這些孩子最初從臺北搬到這兒來的時候，不喜歡住在鄉下，可是現在慢慢地喜歡了。)
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The eggs have been left here too long. I'm
afraid they are beginning to rot.
(這些蛋放在這裡太久了。恐怕快要壞了。)
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You had better come in. It is beginning
to rain.
(你最好進來。開始下雨了。)
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Your inefficiency, which I have put up with
since you came to this office, is beginning to be unbearable.
(你的低效率，從你進這間辦公室我就一直容忍著，現在漸漸開始令人難以容忍了。)
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Infant mortality is decreasing
steadily in most countries.
(大多數國家裡嬰兒死亡率穩定地下降。)
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For lack of practice I am forgetting
my Japanese.
(由於缺少練習，我漸漸地把日語都忘了。——
我快要把日語忘光了。)
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We are dying for news from you.
(我們等你的消息等得快要急死了。)
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Just a moment, I am finishing my
supper.
(等一會兒，我的晚飯就要吃完了。)
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He's remembering his vocabulary
better.
(他字彙記得越來越好。)
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The evenings are drawing in. (=
It's getting dark earlier every evening.)
(天黑得越來越早。)
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It's time to start now; day is dawning.
(現在該動身了，天發白了。)
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與現在簡單式同義 ——
談及心理上或身體上的感覺。尤其在疑問句裡，以顯示問者對於主詞的關切
(參閱 p.545-6)。如：
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How are you feeling (or How do
you feel) today?
(今天你覺得怎麼樣?)
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My head is aching (or My head aches.)
(我的頭痛。)
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I'm looking (or I look)
forward to your next visit.
(我盼望你下次再來。)
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Why are you looking (or do you
look) so sad?
(你為什麼顯得這麼愁眉苦臉的樣子?)
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I am wondering (or I wonder)
who he is, where he came from and for what he came.
(我很想知道他是誰，從哪裡來的，來幹什麼。) |