It was the last day of the year and a large crowed of people
这句话的语境本身是过去时，而人们聚集肯定是已经聚集过了，发生在语境之前，所以用过去完成时。此外，用过去完成时能体现出人们早早的聚集到镇里那种热闹情景，很合理。
It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of students were talking about the exam that was going to begin in a few minutes . On their faces was confidence. This was their last exam—then on to graduation and jobs.
Some talked of jobs they already had, others talked of jobs they would get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt ready and able to take control of the world.
The coming exam, they knew, would be an easy task, as the professor had said they could bring any books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not talk to each other during the test.
Happily they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles appeared on the students’ faces as they found there were only five questions.
Three hours had passed before the professor began to collect papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.
He looked at the worried faces before him, and then asked: “How many completed all five questions?" Not a hand was raised.
“How many answered four?” Still no hand.
“Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly in their seats.
“One, then? Certainly somebody finished one .” But the class remained silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I expected ,” he said. “I just want you to know that, although you have completed four years of study, there are still many things about the subject you don’t know. These questions you could not answer are relatively common in everyday practice.” Then, smiling, he added, “You will all pass this course, but remember—even though you are now college graduates, your education had just begun.”
The years have weakened the name of the professor, but not the lessons he taught.
这应该是《新概念英语》第二册上面的一句话吧？
首先，你必须搞清楚文章中说话人的时间或者严格意思上来说“时态”的基准。这是文章中的“我”站在现在的角度来追述发上在过去的动作和行为，所以，这个并列句中的第一个分句——在“我”眼里距离现在更近一些，或者换句话说，the last day其实就是一个时点：午夜12点敲钟的一瞬间——故用了过去时，而第二个分句表示的是在那个时点之前的状态，所以用了过去完成时态——表示在“午夜12点敲钟”之前就已经存在的状态。
It was 主句是过去时
因为前半句提醒了你，时间是在一年的最后 一天，是过去时态，而人们聚集在塔钟的时间是在那一天过去的过去，所以要用过去完成时，也就是had ved，即had gathered
On Wednesday evening, we went to the town hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowed of people had gathered nder the Town Hall clock.
这个过去完成时是相对于前句中的一般过去时的动作 went 而言的，是过去的过去，就用过去完成是表达了。这是《新概念》2中 Lesson 9的 A cold welcome中的句子
表示“当时已经”，而“当时”是在过去，因此用过去完成时最合适。
翻译：这是那一年的最后一天，一大群人已经聚集在市政厅大钟下
柞蓉小金： 肯定不是昨天是周几,如果是问昨天就应该用was, 而不是is.the last day 后面应该再加个定语修饰一下,比如说this month, this trip, this term,等,不然的话感觉出题太不严谨.因为the last day也可以理解为世界末日啊, 那么岂不是也可以译为世界末日到底是什么时候了?
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