Too Late
a few hours earlier,时间段和earlier 一起使用,是以过去或将来某一个时间点为准的一段时间以前 在本文中的意思可以扩展成下列句子 a few hours earlier than the thime when the detectives were waiting at the airport.在侦探们等在飞机场之前的几个小时以前.
例如:When I got to school yesterday.I didn't see Jim.But one hour earlier,he told me on the phone he had been there.
当我到学校的时候,我没有看到Jim.可是(在我到学校)一个小时前,他在电话里说他在那里
a few hours ago 时间段和ago一起使用,指的是以说话时为准的一段时间以前.用在一般过去时
Now I am at home.But I was in the office three hours ago.
又例如:Oh?Why are you here so soon?I saw you in the market ten minutes ago.你怎么这么快就来了?十分钟前我还看到你在市场了呢.
本文中不可以替换,这课说的是钻石被偷换成石头和沙子,是以故事的形式表现的.全文用过去的口吻.第一句就看的出.The plane was late.所以从现在的角度叙述这个故事.一切的发生应该以故事中的过去的情景为时间基点.
如果非要替换的话,可以替换成 before,时间段和before 一起用表示的是以过去某一个时间为基准的一段时间以前.经常出现在直接引语改写成间接引语题目中.
例如:He told me," I was here three days ago."改写成:He told me that he had been there three days before.
用了半个多小时回答你的问题,好辛苦.不求你采纳,但求能够帮助你.就象帮助我的学生们一样.
I was answering your question more than half an hour AGO.Till now,I have finished.About sixteen hours EARLIER,you had raised the question here.半个多小时以前,我在回答你的问题.到现在为止,已经回答完毕．你是在(我回答问题的)大约十六个小时以前提出这个问题的.
祝你英语蒸蒸日上!
