七、过去将来时态

1.一般过去将来时

（1）一般过去将来时表示从过去观点看将要发生的事：

It was six o'clock.The sun would soon set .

From these outings we would return on Monday morning.

（2）不管在什么人称后，这个时态均由“would+动词原形”构成，常用在从句中，特别是用于宾语从句中：

I knew you would agree .

He told me he would wait for me outside.

下面从句中也常常用到这个时态：

I thought it would rain , and sure enough it did.

It was a problem whether they would support us.

2.过去将来进行时及过去将来完成时

（1）过去将来进行时表示从过去观点看将来某时某动作会正在进行：

She said she would be looking after you.

I was excited.Next Wednesday we would be flying to Sydney.

（2）过去将来完成时则表示从过去观点看将来某时某动作已完成：

I thought Sophia would have told you something by then.

He knew by the time he arrived she would have gone home.

这两个时态用得相对比较少，通常只见于转述方面。

3.“从过去观点看未来”的一些其他表达法

（1）was (were) going to 表示“（过去某时）准备做某事”：

When we arrived the train was just going to start.

Judy was going to meet me, but she was ill and couldn't come.

（2）was (were) about to 正要做某事：

We were about to go into the cinema when Maria appeared.

I saw the soup was about to boil over, so I turned the gas off.

（3）was (were) due to 定于（某时）做某事：

The talk was due to last for three days.

She was due to graduate that autumn.

（4）was (were) on the point of 正要做某事：

We were on the point of telephoning you when your fax arrived.

The coach was on the point of giving up the game when our team scored two points.

（5）was (were)+不定式表示定于（将于）某时做某事：

She was to meet Kurt at an agreed place on the street.

Not a soul was to be seen .

（6）(were)+不定式的完成形式（本来打算做某事）：

We were to have been married last year.

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