93 表示過去的重復(fù)動作：would / used to　Track 093

我們用would或used to 表示過去重復(fù)的動作 (repeated action in the past)。如：
When I was a child, my mother would read / used to read me a story before bed. 小時候，睡覺前媽媽常常會給我講故事。
1）would do和used to do之間是有區(qū)別的
used to可以表示過去定期重復(fù)的動作，也可以表示過去存在的狀態(tài)，含有“現(xiàn)在不再……”的含義。would只能用來表示過去重復(fù)的動作，不表示狀態(tài)。
例句
a. When I was a boy, I would go / used to go swimming in a river near my house.
b. When I was a child, my mother would read / used to read me a story before bed.
c. Illiteracy（文盲） is still a problem in my country, but it used to be much worse. （此句不說…it would be…）
d. I used to have a cat. （此句不說I would have a cat.）
e. There used to be a lot of fish in this river, but nothing seems to be in it after it’s been polluted by the wastes. （此句不說There would be…）
f.My mother used to be（表示過去的狀態(tài)，不用would替換） very busy the whole day, but as soon as evening came, she would move（表示過去的動作） very fast to get ready to meet my father. At that time we didn’t understand; we used to tease（表示過去的動作，二者可互換使用） her; but now I remember what a tremendous, delicate love she had for him. It didn’t matter what happened that day; she was ready with a smile to meet him .
以前，我媽媽白天總是忙忙碌碌的，但是只要到了夜幕時分，她就會很快地把家里的一切都料理好，以迎接我爸爸回家。那時我們對此都不理解，因而常常取笑她。但現(xiàn)在我終于明白，這是母親對父親多么深厚而細(xì)微的愛?。∶刻觳徽摪l(fā)生什么事，她總是微笑著去迎接父親回家。
2）used to和would均不能用來表示過去某事發(fā)生的次數(shù)。
例句
a. I went to that restaurant over ten times when I was in college.
b. I used to go / would go to that restaurant over ten times when I was in college.*