请问过去进行时能否表示过去的一段时间持续的动作或一段时间里一直进行的动作？
能举些例子吗？谢谢！
可以。譬如：
1. 表示过去一段时间持续的动作或过去一段时间里一直进行的动作，其间没间断。如：
The mayor was wearing his chain of office.市长戴着标志他职务的链徽。
I was leading the race until the half-way point.比赛进行到一半之前我一直领先。
A whole side of bacon was hanging from a hook on the ceiling.天花板的钩子上挂着整块半边猪做成的咸肉。
2. 表示过去一段时间持续的动作或过去一段时间里一直进行的动作，其间有所间断（即说话当时动作不肯定在持续和进行）。如：
Plaster was peeling off the ceiling.天花板上的灰泥在掉落。
She felt she was making a terrible mess of her life.她感觉她正把我们的生活搞得一团糟。
She was having a romantic liaison with her husband’s best friend.她与老公最好的朋友私通。
It soon became apparent that the company was losing money. 该公司一直亏本的状况非常快就显露出来。
