Unit 2 I used to be afraid of dark.
你一定不能放棄學習外語,哪怕是一天也不行。
◎give up還可以表示“認輸,投降”。
i give up. tell me the answer. 我認輸了。告訴我答案吧。
魔力糾錯
吸煙對你的健康有害,所以你必須戒煙。
誤:smoking is bad for your health, so you must give up it.
正:smoking is bad for your health, so you must give it up.
五、語法:本單元語法重點內容是used to這個句型。
1. “主語+used to+動詞原形+其它”。在這個句型結構中used to的含義為“過去常常”。表示過去的習慣,暗示現在已無此習慣,請看圖:
dave在過去幾年中一直在factory中工作,但現在他在supermarket中工作,所以dave used to work in a factory. 隱含的意思是:dave worked in a factory before but he doesn’t work there now.
2. 我們可以說i used to work…/she used to have…/they used to be…等等,也就是說used這個詞沒有人稱的變化,to后面接動詞原形。
請看例句:
when i was a child, i used to like chocolate.
i used to read a lot of books but i don’t read much these days.
liz has got short hair now but it used to be very long.
liz現在梳短發,但以前她是長發。
ann used to have a piano, but she sold it a few years ago.
ann過去有一架鋼琴,但幾年前她把鋼琴賣了。
used to的否定形式是i didn’t use to….
when i was a child, i didn’t use to like tomatoes.
當我還是個孩子時,我不喜歡西紅柿。
問句形式是did you use to…?
where did you use to live before you came here?
在你來這兒之前你住哪兒?
3. used to這個詞組只用于講述過去,我們不能用use to來講述現在
i used to play tennis. these days i play golf. (不說 i use to play golf. )
we usually get up early. (不說we use to get up early.)
詞語辨析
used to do、be used to doing 、be used to do 和 be used for sth./doing .
①be used to ( doing )sth.是“習慣于做某事”,to是介詞,后面接名詞或動名詞,可用于現在、過去、將來的多種時態。如:
i am used to the weather here. 我已經習慣這里的天氣了。
he is used to hard work. 他習慣于艱苦的工作。
he will be used to getting up early. 他將會習慣于早起。
②get(或become)used to指的是從不習慣到習慣這一過程的轉變,另外,它往往包含著克服困難去適應的意思。如:
you will soon get used to the weather here. 你會習慣這里的天氣的。
in the end, i got used to doing the hard work. 最后,我終于習慣干苦活了。
③ be used to do sth. “被用于做某事”,不定式表示目的。