I was walking in the street when someone called me. 我正在街上走时突然有人喊我。
下面几种情况不用一般过去时而要用过去进行时:
1. 表示过去某一阶段暂时性的习惯动作时。如:
Tom was getting up at six o‘clock every day that week. 汤姆那一周里每天都是六点钟起床。
2. 与always连用表示赞美,厌烦等感情色彩时。如:
John was always coming to school late. 约翰上学总是迟到。
Lei Feng was always doing good deeds for the people. 雷锋总是为人民做好事。
3. 用来描写故事发生的情景时。如:
It was a dark night. The wind was blowing hard and the rain was falling heavily. A PLA man suddenly appeared on the river bank. He wanted to cross the river.那是一个漆黑的夜晚,风刮得很厉害,雨下得很大,一个解放军战士突然出现在河岸上,他想过河去。