Say, Dr. Jill, can you help me plan the welcome party for Greg?
我说,吉尔博士,你能帮我策划一下格雷格的欢迎会吗?
Oh, the new guy? That's a great idea!
哦,新来的那个家伙?好主意!
Is he starting work this week?
他这周开始工作吗?
No, next week. I'm thinking we should have the party next Friday.
不,下周。我在想我们应该在下周五开派对。
He will have started working by then.
到那时,他就已经开始工作了。
Well, you can count on me--you know I'm a party animal!
你可以依靠我——我是个喜欢派对的人!
HA HA HA! Yes, I know you love parties.
哈哈哈!是的,我知道你喜欢派对。
You just gave me an idea.
你刚刚让我想到了一个主意。
We can use this example to teach the future perfect.
我们可以用这个例子来教将来完成时。
I said, Greg will have started working by then.
我说,到那时格雷格就已经开始工作了。
It tells us an action--Greg starting to work--will be completed before another event or action in the future.
它告诉我们一个动作——格雷格开始工作——将在将来的另一个事件或动作之前完成。
Let's say Greg's start date is Wednesday.
假设格雷格开始工作的日期是星期三。
Then the party is on Friday.
那么派对将会在星期五举行。
His start date will be in the past by the time we have the party.
等我们开派对的时候,他开始工作的日期就会成为过去。
Right--and we make it with "will" plus "have" plus the past participle.
对,我们用“will+have+过去分词”构成将来完成时。
The main verb is "start" and it is a regular verb, so we just add -ed to make the past participle.
主要动词是“start”,它是一个规则动词,所以我们只需加-ed来构成过去分词。
We use this tense to talk about an action that has been completed at a future time.
我们用这个时态来谈论在将来某个时间已经完成的动作。
So we often find the word "by" before the future time.
因此,我们经常在表示将来的时间之前发现“by”这个词。
Back to the party plan, John--when will everyone have finished their work on Friday?
约翰,回到派对计划上来——星期五大家什么时候能完成工作?
I think everyone will have finished their work by 4:00 on Friday.
我想大家都会在星期五4点之前完成他们的工作。
Aha! there is the "by" part I told you about.
啊哈!这句话中有我跟你说过的“by”部分。
The only problem is, everyone will have worked hard all week, so they might be a little tired.
唯一的问题是,大家都辛苦工作了一周,所以他们可能会有点累。
That's why I'm going to play some lively music!
这就是我要播放一些活跃气氛的音乐的原因!
Great! And that's Everyday Grammar!
太棒了!以上就是今天的《每日语法》!