表示过去习惯性动作

would 的一个常见用法是与动词原形连用, 表示过去习惯性的动作。例如:

1. He would sit there for hours sometimes, doing nothing at all. 过去有时候他坐在那里，一坐就是几个小时，什么事也不干。

2. Often at night she would hear a long low whistle. 她在夜里常常听到长而低沉的嘶嘶声。

3. One day a week he would spend the whole day in silence. 每周总有一整天他是在沉默中度过的。

4. We used to work in the same office and we would often have coffee together. 我们过去在同一个办公室工作，并且经常在一起喝咖啡。

5. From his earliest years, Edison showed he had an inquiring mind. He would always ask questions and he would not be satisfied with the answer until he could test it for himself.

爱迪生从童年时代起，就喜欢追根究底。他总是提各式各样的问题，又只对亲自试验过的答案才感到满意。

关于 would 与 used to 的区别, 见 used to/would。

[句意]人们喜欢他的故事,因为这些故事虽然很简单,但是在结尾时往往来一个出乎读者意料之外的突然变化。