怎樣用 “used to” 描述往事？

你小時候經常做的事情是什么？當我們向他人提起往事時，常用到搭配 “used to”。你知道如何正確地使用這個搭配嗎？“一分鐘英語” 教你如何用 “used to” 來描述過去發生的事情。

文字稿

Tom

Hello, everyone! Tom here from BBC Learning English in London.

I'm going to explain the expression 'used to'. 'Used to' describes repeated actions or habits in the past.

For example, I used to play football after school. 

And it can also describe states or things that happened over a long period of time. 

For example, I used to live in Japan.

We can also use 'used to' in the negative form. We just add 'did not' or 'didn't'. 

Using our first example, we could say, 'I didn't use to play football.'

But be careful, with negative and qustion forms, we don't include 'd' at the end of 'use'.

用法總結

Used to

（1） 'Used to' describes repeated actions or habits in the past.
“Used to” 可以描述過去時常做的事情或過去的習慣。

I used to play football after school.

（2） 'Used to' describes states or things that happened over a long period of time.
“Used to” 可以描述很長一段時間內的狀態或發生的事情。

I used to live in Japan.

（3） We can also use 'used to' in the negative form. We just add 'did not' or 'didn't'.
“Used to” 的否定形式是 “did not use to” 或 “didn't use to”。

I didn't use to play football.

（來源：BBC英語教學）