有这样一道题:
The first time I _______ (drove/was driving) on a country road, I saw a bird flying in front of my car.
应该选择哪个比较准确?
此题应该选drove.the first time 指过去发生并结束的事,回忆过去,所以用一般过去时。The first time 并不表示过去的一个具体时间点,所以一般不用进行时。
例句:1. Do You remember that feeling the first time you rode a bike?
2. It started the first time I drove a car by myself. (出自英语国家网站)
如果用进行时,可以这样:I am/was driving a car for the first time.
问题句的句式还可以用一般现在时,也比较常见,表示一个客观真理或事实。
如:1. You can become addicted to a drug the first time you try it.
2. Why don't some people get high the first time they smoke? (英语国家网站)
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应该用drove。这道题的关键词是the first time,其后面的时态常用过去时,而不是进行时。网友可以搜搜字典的例句或者报刊杂志的例句。刘老举的例句“When I was driving on a country road for the first time, I saw a bird flying in front of my car.”,因为没有使用the first time这个词组,当然是可以用进行时的。
另外要注意,the first time 和 for the first time,意思和用法都是有区别的。、
一家之言,仅供参考。