Working the land(Period 2 Learning about Language)
我開始想繼續往上爬會不會越來越難。i’m starting to put on weight again.我又開始長胖了。c.在動詞forget,remember,regret之后,用動名詞與不定式意義不同。動名詞表示動作先于謂語發生,不定式表示后于謂語動作,例如:i remember posting the letter.我記得我已把信寄了。i’ll remember to post the letter.我會記著去寄信的。i shall never forget seeing the famous writer.我永遠不會忘記見到過那位著名作家。don’t forget to write to your mother.不要忘了給你母親寫信。i regret missing the report.我真后悔沒趕上那次報告會。i regret to say i can’t take your advice.我遺憾地告訴你我不能接受你的建議。d.在try,mean之后,意義各不相同,如try to do (設法),try doing (試試),mean to do (打算,有意要做),mean doing (意思是,意味著)。例如:we must try to get everything done in time.我們必須設法及時把一切搞好。let’s try doing the working in some other way.我們用別的方法做這工作試試。i didn’t mean to make you angry.我并不想叫你生氣。your plan would mean spending hours.你的計劃意味著要花費幾個小時。e.go on doing 和go on to dogo on doing繼續做一直在做的事;go on to do接著做另一件事。例如:please go on doing the same exercise.請接著做這同一個練習。please go on to do the other exercise.請做另外一個練習。f.stop doing與stop to dostop doing停止做,stop to do停下正在干的事去干另一件事。如:we stopped talking.我們停止了交談。we stopped to talk.我們停了下來去談話。3.作介詞的賓語動名詞可與介詞一起構成介詞短語。a.介詞+動名詞,如:we’ve got to think of ways of changing people’s habits.我們得想些辦法改變人們的習慣。i apologize for being so angry with you.我向你道歉,剛才對你那樣生氣。after being away for several years,it is a strange experience to return to the place you were born and brought up.離開幾年之后再回到你生長的地方,感覺有點怪。b.動詞+介詞+動名詞,例如:i insist on taking proper food for this expedition.我堅持為這次出行帶足需要的食物。instead of smiling,each of them made a face.同學們臉上沒有笑容,相反都做了怪臉。she was very interested in working for our company.她對為我們公司工作很感興趣。下列短語中的to都是介詞,所以后面跟名詞或-ing形式:devote to,object to,pay attention to,get down to,lead to,look forward to,stick to,be used to等。