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Section Ⅲ Using language—Grammar
动词ing形式作主语
[观察]
1.(教材P26)Knowing where the ball would go wasn't easy.
2.(教材P26)In this way,practising day in and day out helped Stephen sharpen his skills.
3.Playing basketball was his dream.
[归纳]
动名词作主语往往表示抽象性经常性以及习惯性的动作,谓语动词用单数。在以上句子中都是动名词短语作主语。
一、动词ing形式作主语的用法
1.动词ing形式作主语通常表示抽象动作,往往是普通的、一般的行为,通常置于句首,谓语动词用单数。
Going to Hangzhou by train takes about 10 hours from here.
从这儿乘火车到杭州大约要10个小时。
Doing is better than wishing.
行动比空想好。
2.形式主语it代替动词ing形式作主语。此类句式常见的有:
It is no use waiting for other people to make decisions for you.
等别人替你做决定是没有用的。
It is a waste of time persuading such a person to join us.
劝说这种人加入我们是浪费时间。
3.当句型“There is no ...”表示“不允许、禁止某种行为的发生或存在”时,后面需要接动词ing形式。
There is no denying that the environment is from bad to worse.
不能否认环境状况正在逐步恶化。
There is no joking about such matters.
这种事开不得玩笑。
[即学即练] 单句语法填空
①It is a waste of time trying(try) to persuade him to give up playing computer games.
②There ia no telling(tell) when he will be back.
③Eating(eat) more fruit every day is helpful to keep you away from illness.
④As the saying goes,it's no use crying(cry) over spilt milk.
二、动词ing形式和不定式作主语的区别
动词ing形式作主语表示一般的、非一次的、抽象的、泛指的动作;不定式作主语常表示具体的、某一次的、特定的动作。
Swimming is one of my favourite sports.
游泳是我喜爱的运动之一。(泛指)
To swim in this lake is very dangerous.
在这个湖里游泳很危险。(特指)
用动词ing形式或不定式作主语时,要注意主语和表语的一致。即当表语是动词ing形式时,主语也要用动词ing形式,当表语是不定式时,主语也要用不定式。
Respecting others is respecting oneself./To respect others is to respect oneself.
尊重别人就是尊重自己。
[即学即练] 补全句子
①在我们国家,询问女士的年龄是不礼貌的。
Asking_a_woman's_age is impolite in our country.
②今天晚上不允许看电影。
To_watch_films this evening is not permitted.
三、动词ing形式的复合结构
动词ing形式的复合结构由物主代词或人称代词宾格、名词所有格或普通格加动词ing,即“sb./sb.'s+doing”构成。动词ing形式的复合结构实际上是给动词ing形式加了一个逻辑主语。动词ing形式的复合结构有四种形式:
(1)形容词性物主代词+动词ing
(2)名词所有格+动词ing
(3)代词宾格+动词ing
(4)名词+动词ing
Their coming to help was a great encouragement to us.
他们来帮助我们对我们是很大的鼓励。
The baby was made awake by the door suddenly shutting.
这个婴儿被突然的关门声吵醒了。
Can you imagine him/Jack c