The Old Cat An old woman had a cat.The cat was very old; she could not run quickly,and she could not bite,because she was so old.One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse.But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away,because the cat could not bite it. Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse.She began to hit the cat.The cat said,"Do not hit your old servant.I have worked for you for many years,and I would work for you still,but I am too old.Do not be unkind to the old,but remember what good work the old did when they were young." 【译文】 老猫 一位老妇有只猫,这只猫很老,它跑不快了,也咬不了东西,因为它年纪太大了.一天,老猫发现一只老鼠,它跳过去抓这只老鼠,然而,它咬不住这只老鼠.因此,老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了,因为老猫咬不了它. 于是,老妇很生气,因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死.她开始打这只猫,猫说：“不要打你的老仆人,我已经为你服务了很多年,而且还愿意为你效劳,但是,我实在太老了,对年纪大的不要这么无情,要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情.” 英语动词时态详解：一般过去时 一、一般过去时的定义 一般过去时表示过去某一时候或某一段时间所发生了的事情或存在的状态。常与过去时间yesterday, this morning, just now, a moment ago, in May, last night / year / week, once upon a time, the other day, in the past 等连用。如： What did you do yesterday? 昨天你干了什么？ I met Lin Tao this morning. 今天上午我会到了林涛。 I was there a moment ago. 刚才我在那儿。 二、一般过去时的应用 1. 一般过去时表示过去 (1) 表示过去发生的动作或存在的状态： He bought the computer five years ago. 这电脑是他五年前买的。 It was then a small fishing village．那时它只是一个小渔村。 (2) 表示过去经常性或习惯性的动作： We often played together when we were children．我们小时候常在一起玩。 注：表过去习惯性的动词，也可用 used to 或 would： He used...
