It is a truth universally aowledged that a single man in posssion of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.（Jane Austen）
3.用於表示瞬間行為
一般現在時用於說明瞬間進行的行為，常見於劇本動作提示或人物對白以及體育節目解說詞中。如：Enter Romeo...He climbs the wall ...and a leap down within it...Juliet appears above at a window.（Romeo and Juliet）
It’s Jordan； he steals the ball...He jumps！ Yes！ What a wonderful dunk！ It’s a show time！（NBA）
Jordan starts.Opley，Opley gets there！ Too late！（NBA）
It’s Carter to rve he needs just one more point.He rves.And Smith miss.What a great rve！ So the championship goes to 19-year-old Harry Carter.“Is it a true story？” She sits up a little in her bed and takes another drink.Her body is still strong.“I mean，did you know the people？”
4.表示將來的動作或狀態
在when，if，before等詞引導的時間和條件狀語從句中，用一般現在時來表示將來的動作或狀態。如：“He looks like me，” said Tomas.“When he talks，his upper lip will curl just like mine.”（Milan Kundera）
If India is to revive the glory of her a past，she bsp;only do so when she attains her freedom.（Mohandas Gandhi）As age is not determined by years，but by trouble and infirmities of mind and body，I hope it may be a very long time yet before any bsp;truthfully say，“He is growing old.”（Mark Twain）
Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles，until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.（Bible）
Eternal truth will be her true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation.（Franklin D.Roovelt）
The old man said sadly： “Ah，Juliet，I already know your grief.And I bsp;spy a kind of hope，if you are willing to risk death and take a desperate remedy rather than marry t Paris.”（Romeo and Juliet）
5.用於表示已經完成的行為
某些動詞利用一般現在時用於表示已經完成的行為，屬於曆史性的現在（historibsp;prent），包括say，tell，feel，learn，read，write，uand，know，e等，尤其當say和tell等來引導來自於《聖經》類著名書籍或已故偉大作家或思想家的直接引語或間接引語，一般采用一般現在時。如：The feeling which，you tell me，have long prevented the aowledgement of your regard，bsp;have little difficulty in overing in after this explanation.（Pride and Prejudice）
“Drink this，” he repeated.“The pain you feel is the blood rushing into your muscles.”（The Da Vinbsp;Code）
I e to this magnifit hou of worship tonight bebsp;my sbsp;leaves me no other choice.（Martin Luther King Jr.）