Unit 2 不定词
不定词(to+原形动词),其身份不再是动词。它在句中扮演名词、形容词及副词这三种身份。
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1. 名词用法→当主语、宾语、补语
例:To buy things in a flea market must be fun. (在跳蚤市场买东西一定很好玩。)
2. 形容词用法→修饰名词
例:I have a lot of things to buy. (我有很多东西要买。)
3. 副词用法→表目的、原因等。
例:I went there to buy notebooks. (我去那里买笔记本。)
不定词的名词用法
① 不定词当主语
The work is fun.
To travel around the world is fun.
例:1. To answer this question is difficult for me. (对我而言回答这个问题是困难的。)
注意:不定词放句首当主词时,视为一件事,其后须接单数动词。
2. To solve pollution problems is difficult for people in Taiwan.
→ It is difficult for people in Taiwan to solve pollution problems.
(对台湾民众而言,要解决污染问题是困难的。)
注意:不定词为首的主词,可用it (假主词)代替,再将此事件放置在后说明。
3. To be patient with others is best for you. (你对别人有耐心是最好的。)
→ It is best for you to be patient with others.
※句型:It’s +形容词(修饰事物)+for +人+ to +原形动词…
It's +形容词(修饰人)+of+人+ to +原形动词…
修饰"人"的形容词:good, nice, kind, brave, clever, careless, honest, bad, stupid, silly, selfish, polite…等
例:1. It's kind of you to help me. (你真好帮我的忙。)
= You are kind to help me. 注意:因为kind是修饰人的,所以可以用左侧句子表达
2. It's stupid of him to speak ill of others. (他说别人坏话是愚蠢的。)
= He is stupid to speak ill of others.
注意:短语speak ill of....说某人坏话
② 不定词当宾语
I like baseball.
I like to play baseball.
例:1. I decided to quit the job. (我决定辞掉工作。)
2. He hoped to be there on time. (他希望准时到那里。)
注意:有些动词,如decide,hope,want,expect,volunteer等,必用不定词当受词。
3. I want / would like to see a movie with my friend. (我想要和我的朋友一起看电影。)
4. You needn't go if you don't want to. (你不需要去,如果你不想去的话。)
注意:to后面的动词和前面相同时,则动词可省略。
③ 不定词当补语
a.当主词补语→可放在be动词或连缀动词之后,补充说明主词。
My work is the thing.
My work is to prepare dinner.
例:1. My aim in life is to become a famous singer. (我人生的目标是成为名歌手。)
2. To see is to believe. (眼见为凭。)
b.当受词补语→即:主词+动词+受词+受词补语。
He calls me Johnny.
He wants me to do it.
例:1. He told me to give up smoking. (他告诉我要戒烟。)
2. She got her husband to clean up the house. (她叫她先生打扫房子。)
注意:有些动词,如want, ask, teach, tell, get, show等,用不定词当受词补语。
3. He asked me not to tell her the truth. (他要求我不要跟她说实话。)
比较:He didn't ask me to tell her the truth. (他没要求我跟她说实话。).
注意:否定不定词→not +to +原形动词
不定词的形容词用法
不定词当形容词修饰名词或something…等代名词时,采用后位修饰。即:名词/ something… + to +原形动词
△修饰名词
例:1. I have letters to write. (我有信要写。)
2. My mother has a lot of housework to do every day. (我妈妈每天有很多家事要做。).
△修饰something…等
例:1. I’ll give you something to eat. (我会给你东西吃。)
2. Do you have anything to read?(你有什么东西可读吗?)
注意:有些不定词之后会伴随着介系词。
例:1. They have a lot of things to talk about. (他们有许多事要谈。)
2. Please give me a ball-point pen to write with. (请给我一支原珠笔写字。)
不定词的副词用法
不定词可以用来修饰一般动词,形容词和副词,能够表示目的、原因等
◎ 表目的→此时可用 in order to +原形动词代替
例:She went to London to study English. (她去伦敦学英语。)
=She went to London in order to study English.
注意:go和come通常其后不接不定词,而是用and连接。
例:Come and see me. (来看我。) 注意:and在口语中往往可以省略。
◎ 表原因→跟在表感情的形容词之后
例:1. I am glad to see you. (很高兴见到你。).
2. We are sorry to hear the news. (我们听到这消息很难过。)
含不定词的句型
◎ 疑问词+to原形动词→此为名词词组,可当主语、宾语、补语。
(当主语)
例:1.Which way to go is a big problem. (要走哪一条路是个大问题。)
(当宾语)
2. I know how to operate the machine. (我知道如何操作这机器。)
(当补语)
3. He told me where to take the bus.(他告诉我哪里可以搭公交车。)
◎ too…to… (太……而不能)
※ too+形容词/副词+ to 原形动词
例:1. You are too young to understand the whole thing. (你太年轻无法了解整件事。)
2. The water is too hot for me to drink. (对我而言水太烫无法喝。)
3. He worked too slowly to finish it. (他工作得太慢无法完成这件事。)
◎…enough to… (够……可以……)
※ 形容词/副词+ enough+ to 原形动词
例:1. My younger brother is old enough to go to school. (我弟弟年纪够大可以上学。)
2. Bob worked hard enough to pass the exam. (Bob够用功可以通过考试。)