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问题: 真的搞不懂,什么时候用过去完成时,什么时候用一般过去是,例如.......

Of course this was a long time ago,and until
last week I hadn't seen Joe Bell in several
years.of and on we'd kept in touch,and
occasionally I'd stopped by his bar when
passing through the neighbourhood; but
actually we'd never been strong friends except
in as much as we were both friends of Holly
Golightly.

我把这里的过去完成时全改成一般过去时,会怎样?什么时候用过去完成时,什么时候用一般过去时?头痛!请解释,谢谢!

解答:

过去时就是过去做的事。
过去完成时是过去的过去,一般要有比较时才用。
如:I went back to the classroom, only to find our teacher had gone.(我回到教师,结果发现老师已经离开了.)
在这里,回到教室是发生在过去的事,不过老师离开是我回到教师之前发生的事,即过去的过去。
还要就是在固定句型中会用过去完成式,例如No sooner had...,than...,Hardly had...,when...(都是一……,就……的意思)
还要就是在间接引语中