那時正在發生

🎯 這一課你會學會

講「過去某個時刻正在進行」的事——用 was / were + 動詞-ing。它讓故事有背景、有畫面。你還會學會把它跟過去式搭起來:「我正在煮飯,電話響了。」

💬 先聽一段對話

Mia: Sorry I missed your call. What were you doing?（抱歉沒接到。你剛在做什麼?) Jun: No worries. When you called, I was driving.（沒事。你打來時我正在開車。) Mia: Ah, that makes sense. I called because it started to rain.（難怪。我打是因為開始下雨了。) Jun: Yeah, it was raining hard while I was driving home.（對,我開車回家時雨下得好大。)

🔑 關鍵句型

• 主詞 + was / were + V-ing = 過去某刻正在做。
  • I was working. / They were waiting.
• 過去進行 + when + 過去式:較長的背景動作 + 突然發生的短動作。
  • I was cooking when the phone rang.（我正在煮飯,這時電話響了。)
• 否定:was/were + not + V-ing。　I wasn't sleeping.
• 問句:was/were 提到前面。　What were you doing?

📒 高頻單字

單字	KK 音標	中譯	例句
while	/hwaɪl/	當…的時候	while I was eating（我吃飯時)
ring	/rɪŋ/	(鈴)響;打電話	The phone rang.（電話響了。)
happen	/ˈhæpən/	發生	It happened fast.（發生得很快。)
suddenly	/ˈsʌdənli/	突然	Suddenly, it stopped.（突然停了。)
miss	/mɪs/	錯過;想念	I missed the bus.（我錯過公車。)
drive	/draɪv/	開車	I was driving home.（我正開車回家。)

🧩 文法點:過去進行 + when / while

① 組成:was / were + 動詞-ing

• I / he / she / it → was：She was reading.
• you / we / they → were：They were playing.
• -ing 拼法跟現在進行式一樣(run → running、make → making)。

② 兩個過去動作放一起:一個「背景」、一個「發生」

這是過去進行式最有用的地方——長的、當背景的用過去進行;短的、突然打斷的用過去式:

I was cooking（背景,進行中)when the phone rang（突然發生,過去式)。

③ when vs while(都翻「當…的時候」,但搭配不同)

• when 後面常接過去式(短動作):when the phone rang / when he arrived。
• while 後面常接過去進行(長動作):while I was cooking / while they were talking。
• 兩種說法意思一樣,只是把哪個動作放前面:
  • I was cooking when the phone rang.
  • While I was cooking, the phone rang.

④ 跟現在進行式對照:一個是「現在正在」、一個是「過去正在」——be 動詞換時態而已(am/is/are → was/were),後面都 + V-ing。

🗣️ 發音提醒

• were /wɚ/ 常弱讀,「What were you doing」聽起來像「what-wə-ya」——先聽懂。
• while /hwaɪl/ 開頭有輕微的 h 氣音(wh-),跟 mile /maɪl/ 不同。
• rang /ræŋ/(ring 的過去)母音是 /æ/(「ㄝ」),-ng 鼻音收尾。

✍️ 開口練習

練習 1:was 還是 were?

• I ＿ reading.（was)　They ＿ playing.（were)　She ＿ not listening.（was)

練習 2:過去進行 + 過去式配對(when)。

• I (sleep) ＿ when you (call) ＿. → I was sleeping when you called.
• We (walk) ＿ when it (start) ＿ to rain. → We were walking when it started to rain.

練習 3:說一件「你正在做某事,突然發生別的事」。

I was ＿＿ing when ＿＿.

🎒 帶走

• 過去進行 = was / were + V-ing(過去某刻正在做)。
• 背景用過去進行、突發用過去式:I was cooking when the phone rang。
• when 多接過去式(短)、while 多接過去進行(長),意思相同。

下一課,我們換一個超實用的時態:現在完成式——問人「你有沒有做過…?」(Have you ever…?),講經驗。