EU4-24: Accidents and injuries

Vocabulary

[PAM] Jake, what happened?
[JAKE] I, uh, fell down some stairs.
[PAM] What? How did you do that?
[JAKE] I don't know. I just, uh... fell.
[PAM] Really? Why don't you tell her the whole story, Jake?
[JAKE] I don't know what you're talking about.
[PAM] Come on. Tell me what happened.
[JAKE] Well.
[JAKE] I was walking down some stairs, and I wasn't paying attention.
[SIMON] Actually, you were paying attention, but not to the stairs.
[PAM] Okay, what's that mean?
[SIMON] He was paying attention to a very attractive young woman, who was walking up the stairs as he was walking down.
[JAKE] I think the stairs were wet, or something.
[SIMON] Anyway, he fell down the stairs an broke his leg.
[PAM] Oh, Jake, That's awful.
[JAKE] Yeah. I bruised three ribs and ,uh, sprained my right wrist.
[PAM] Come over here.
[JAKE] Oh, sorry.
[PAM] Ohhh. When did the happen?
[JAKE] Uh, two days ago.
[PAM] And how are you coping with the crutches?
[JAKE]Crutches? No problem at all.

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Key words

• I fell down some stairs.
• How did you do that?
• I was walking down some stairs.
• I was’t paying attention.
• You were paying attention.
• He was paying attention to a woman.
• I think the stairs were wet.
• When did this happen?
• How are you coping with the crutches?

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Grammar

1. Tenses in combination

在描述过去时的动作或事情时，你可以结合使用不同的时态来解释发生了什么。现在对你有什么影响。

I was walking down the street when I slipped and fell down, and broke me leg. I haven’t been sleeping since it happened because of the pain. It really hurts.

仔细观察说话人使用的不同动词时态。

I was walking down the street… (一个动作从过去开始还没有结束)
… when I slipped and fell down…(这一动作中断了第一个动作)
… and broke my leg.(这是之后发生的事情)
I haven’t been sleeping …(该动作从过去开始并一直延续到现在)
…since it happened.（这告知我们‘I haven’t been sleeping’的起点）
It really hurts! ( 这告诉我们他现在感觉怎么样)

2. Possessives with apostrophes and ‘of’

表示所属有许多不同的方法，例如：

所有格形容词

Doctor Brennan is my doctor.
Is she your doctor?
He called his doctor because he had a fever.

所有格的

I’m a patient of Dr Brennan’s.
I’m Dr Brennan’s patient.

‘of’ 表示所有格

你可以使用of一词表示所有。注意， 下面两句意思相同。

He’s a friend of my father.
He’s my father’s friend.

3. Writing about something that happened

描述已经发生的某件事情时，可以先介绍活动背景-换句话说，介绍事情、时间、地点。

> I guess the strangest accident I have ever had was an accident I had quite.

在介绍完背景信息后，你可以叙述发生的事情。叙述发生事情时，混合使用不同时态。

The game was fine, and I was playing well, when I got hit in the face with the ball!

最后，你可能要描述事情的结果。

I was unconscious for five minutes, and then one of my teammates took me to the hospital.