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was very difficult getting everything ready in time. It is no use waiting for him any longer. It is no good learning without practice.There is no joking about such matters. There is no harm in doing so.2)作定語 例如: reading material 閱讀材料walking stick 手杖 floating needle 浮針 opening speech 開幕詞 running water 自來水 developing countries 發(fā)展中國家3)作表語 動名詞作表語,表達的是“某件事”等。His parttime job is promoting new products for the pany. (動名詞) 他的業(yè)余工作是為那家公司推銷新產(chǎn)品。Their task is exploring oil mines in the west. (動名詞) 他們的任務(wù)是在西部探查油礦。 動名詞作表語,容易與現(xiàn)在分詞作表語相混淆。例如:His present job is not that stimulating as he expected. (現(xiàn)在分詞) 他現(xiàn)在的工作并不是那么有刺激性。Their plan is to build another dormitory for their staff this year. (不定式)他們的計劃是今年再為員工們建一棟宿舍樓。4)作賓語。②forget,go on,mean,regret,remember,stop,try等動詞或詞組可帶動名詞或不定式作賓語,但意義上有區(qū)別。說明前面已學了一部分。說明前面已學了第五課。)I must remember to do it. (我必須記著做這事。)I tried doing it again. (我試著又干了一次。)He stopped to talk. (他停下來講話。)Missing the train means waiting for another hour. (誤了這趟火車意味著再等一個小時。如:We don’t allow smoking here. We don’t allow students to smoke. ④動詞need,require,want作“需要”解,其后必須用動名詞的主動形式或不定式的被動形式作賓語表示事情需要做,這時,動名詞的主動式表示被動意義。如:The window needs/requires/wants cleaning/to be cleaned. Her method is worth trying. ⑤在短語devote to,look forward to,stick to,to be used to,object to,thank you for,excuse me for,be(kept) busy,have difficulty/trouble/problem(in),have a good/wonderful/hard time(in),there’s no use/good/need,feel/seem like/get down to等后的動詞也必須用動名詞形式,例如:I look forward to hearing from you soon. ⑥在love,hate,prefer,like等動詞后用動名詞或不定式無多大區(qū)別。⑦start,begin,continue在書面語中多后接動名詞,在口語中多后接不定式。如:It started to snow. He is beginning to cook dinner. I began to understand what he meant. ⑧在should(would) like/love等后須用不定式。 動名詞作狀語表示在進行一動作的同時所進行的另一動作,它對謂語動詞起修飾和陪襯的作用。 Having cleaned the rooms we began to weed the garden. (時間) Coming into the room, she saw everybody already at their work. (時間) Being ill, he couldn39。t go to the lecture. (原因) Working diligently, you will certainly succeed. (條件) Using atomic energy, we can build spaceships. (條件) Granting the achievements to be great, there is still something to be desired. (讓步) My car was caught in a traffic jam, thus causing the delay. (結(jié)果) Traveling by train, we visited a number of cities. (方式) Mary sat by the window of the classroom, reading a book. (伴隨) 6)動名詞作定語 動名詞作定語時和形容詞的功能是相似的。 She went on board the train leaving for Shanghai. = She went on board the train, which was leaving for Shanghai. There are two roads