2019-08-25
5 分钟Hi there, this is Harry, and welcome back to our podcast.
This is where we try to assist you with your learning of the english language, particularly looking at grammar points arising in certain sentences, some pronunciation and understanding of some expressions that we use from time to time.
As always, I'm going to read each sentence twice, the first time just for you to get a general understanding of the meaning, and then the second time where I give the explanation as to what each point is in particular.
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Okay, so if you're ready, we'll begin.
First reading, I broke my hand but was able to drive myself to the hospital.
Second reading, I broke my hand but was able to drive myself to the hospital.
Okay, so what this is, what is this about?
Well, somebody's had an accident.
Something has happened.
We don't say incident.
An incident is something else, something not involving you, but an accident where you've been injured or someone has been injured.
So there's been an accident and you had to go to the hospital to get your hand checked or examined or x rayed, and instead of taking a taxi or an ambulance, you drove your own car.
So that's what the basis of this sentence is.
So I broke my hand.
Past tense, simple past, I broke my hand.
It happened yesterday or a week ago.
We're not saying specifically when, we're just giving the information that you broke your hand.