Thehome robot
MrJiang is a manager of a big company in Sunshine Town.
Heis always too busy to have any time to relax.
“Ihave to buy a robot so that I can have more free time,” Mr Jiang thought.
Sohe ordered one from a robot shop.
Therobot made Mr Jiang's life much easier.
Whenhe got up in the morning. breakfast was made, his business suit was smoothlyironed, and his lunch box was already prepared. That made him very happy.
WhileMr Jiang was at work, the robot would do all the housework, It would goshopping at the supermarket as well.
WhenMr Jiang returned home from work, his flat would look as good as new, and adelicious dinner would be ready for him. After dlinner, the robot would tidyup. That allowed Mr Jiang to do whatever he liked.
Hewould watch TV or do some reading. It seemed that in general the robotsatisfied Mr Jiang's needs.
请教老师：
1）When MrJiang returned home from work - 假如没上下文，就本句而言，能否有2种理解，一是过去发生的单一事件，二是就是“所谓主将从现“中的“从现“中的退一步时态=过去的以后时？
2）黑体字would是表示“过去的习惯”吗？
3）为何不是That wouldallow Mr. Jiang to do...却用了That allowed Mr. Jiang to do 呢？
这段文字并非讲具体某一天发生的事，而是讲有了机器人之后天天都会发生的事。所以没有你所说的假如不看上下文，作这种假设是没意义的。这里的would都是表示习惯意义的，假如will可以表示目前的习惯一样。表示习惯的will或者would是由推断意义引申而来的。删去will/would 也不影响句子表示习惯。你的这段文字中，删去所有些would，在前面用一个everyday，这段话的意思基本不变。
