描述非持续性的但却周期性或常规性发生的动作
一般态的第三种适用范围，是描述非持续性的，但却周期性或常规性发生的动作。
什么意思呢？还是用例子来说明吧：
•   我每天早上7点起床。
•   狗蛋每周锻炼两次。
•   没有人会坐火箭上学。

首先，“起床”并非一种持续性的动作（当然，对于某些人来说它非常可持续，甚至可以持续一整个上午 ;p 不过话说回来，严格意义上，其实“起床”这个动作指的就是从“在床上”变成“不在床上”之间那一瞬间的转换过程），但是“我”每天都起床；其次，锻炼也并不是一种持续性的动作，毕竟没有人全天24小时不吃不喝地锻炼，但是锻炼这个动作是狗蛋每周都做的；最后，“上学”也不是持续性的，因为一旦抵达了学校，“上学”这件事就做完了，但是这句话的意思其实是“没有人会经常性的坐火箭上学”，所以依然是在描述一种常态。因此，这三句话的英文翻译就分别是：
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•   I get up at 7'o clock in the morning every day.
•   Gordon exercises twice every week.
•   Nobody goes to school on rocket.

接下来，和现在时之外的另外三种“时”[1]搭配：

一、与过去时搭配（一般过去时）
•   我以前每天7点起床。
   I used to got up at 7'o clock every day.
•   狗蛋高中的时候每周锻炼两次。
   Gordon exercised twice every week back in high school.
•   很久很久以前，没有人会坐火箭上学。
   Long long ago, nobody went to school on rocket.

二、与将来时搭配（一般将来时）
•   我明天起每天7点起床。
   I will get up at 7'o clock every day starting tomorrow.
•   狗蛋说他将会每周锻炼两次。
   Gordon says he will exercise twice every week.
•   以后没有人会坐火箭上学。
   Nobody will go to school on rocket in the future.

三、与过去将来时搭配（一般过去将来时）
•   我上星期说我要每天早上7点起床。
   I said last week that I would get up at 7'o clock every day.
•   狗蛋去年说自己会每周锻炼两次。
   Gordon said last year that he would exercise twice every week.
•   你十年前说没有人以后会坐火箭上学。
   You said ten years ago that nobody would go to school on rocket in the future.
 
  Starting from my second year of primary school, there was one event I hated every year: the piano recital. I didn’t want to practice a boring piece of music and was scared to perform in front of strangers. Each year I would ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And he would say something about building self-confidence and working towards a goal.So I was very proud when I stood in church(教堂) and watched my father play the piano during his very first concert. My father wanted to play music when he was small. But his mother couldn’t afford his lessons.
   Three years ago, when he retired(退休), he asked the church music director, Charles, to take him as a student. Just before the concert, Charles told me my dad was playing “the best I’ve ever seen him.” For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he simply started down at his fingers. I wondered whether he would even begin.
   But then Aram Khachaturian’s Melody(交响乐) began. It seemed that my father took the music so seriously that he didn’t realize we were here. My dad made it through Melody and then through another song. Although he didn’t have much skill, he make up for it in feeling.My 11-year old son Jeff was there. “So what did you think about your grandfather?” I asked Jeff later.“He was great,” Jeff replied.
   My father may not have reached his top musically, but in his grandson’s eyes, he’s at the top of the mountain.
1. From the first paragraph, we know the writer______.
A. practiced the piano every day      B. didn’t like to play the piano at all
C. was confident at piano concerts    D. was always working towards his goal
2. While watching his father play the piano, the writer felt______
A. worried       B. sad          C. happy           D. proud
3.Which is NOT true about the writer’s father?
A. He was poor when he was a child.          B. He gave a piano concert the year he retired.
C. The music teacher was proud of him.        D. He had learned the piano for three years.
4. Why did people like the performance of the writer’s father?
A. Because he played with his feelings.        B. Because he communicated with people.
C. Because he was an old learner.             D. Because he practiced hard.
5. What does the story tell us?
A. Learning an instrument is easy for old people.
B. Skills for playing an instrument aren’t very important.
C. Children should follow parents’  decisions.
D. Never give up your dreams no matter how old you are.
答案
1-5.BDBAD