kadioguy
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- Mar 4, 2017
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- Chinese
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- Taiwan
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A Graduation
Look at these great photos on my web page! The first three are from my favorite classes, but the other pictures are from graduation day. There are two pictures of my classmates in caps and gown. In the first picture, we're laughing and the photographer is upset. In the second photo, we're serious. I like the serious photo but I love the funny photo!
There's also a picture of our guest speaker, the mayor. She is standing at the podium. Next, you can see me at the graduation ceremony. My dad wanted to take a picture of me with my diploma. That's my mom next to him. She cries when she's happy.
After the ceremony, everyone was happy, but no one cried. We wanted to celebrate and we did!.
[From Oxford Picture Dictionary, 3rd ed.]
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1. Why is "wanted" in the past tense compared to the surrounding sentences? Does that mean her dad had wanted to take a picture of her with her diploma before other things happening in this picture?
2. Having said that, I think that "want" [present simple] would also work (but would have a slightly different meaning). "My dad wants to take a picture of me with my diploma" would simply mean that her dad wanted to take a picture of her with her diploma at that time.
What do you think?
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Look at these great photos on my web page! The first three are from my favorite classes, but the other pictures are from graduation day. There are two pictures of my classmates in caps and gown. In the first picture, we're laughing and the photographer is upset. In the second photo, we're serious. I like the serious photo but I love the funny photo!
There's also a picture of our guest speaker, the mayor. She is standing at the podium. Next, you can see me at the graduation ceremony. My dad wanted to take a picture of me with my diploma. That's my mom next to him. She cries when she's happy.
After the ceremony, everyone was happy, but no one cried. We wanted to celebrate and we did!.
[From Oxford Picture Dictionary, 3rd ed.]
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1. Why is "wanted" in the past tense compared to the surrounding sentences? Does that mean her dad had wanted to take a picture of her with her diploma before other things happening in this picture?
2. Having said that, I think that "want" [present simple] would also work (but would have a slightly different meaning). "My dad wants to take a picture of me with my diploma" would simply mean that her dad wanted to take a picture of her with her diploma at that time.
What do you think?
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