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Unit 2
Period 2
Grammar & Vocabulary
课 堂 学 习
-ing and to-infinitive as object
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Look at the sentences and answer the questions. Sentences (a), (c) and (e) are from the reading passage.
a. J.D. Salinger started writing short stories in high school, ...
b. J.D. Salinger started to write short stories in high school, ...
c. Nevertheless, the sisters didn’t stop trying.
d. Nevertheless, the sisters didn’t stop to try.
e These are the words that every writer dreads receiving, ...
1. Do sentences (a) and (b) have the same meaning?
2. Do sentences (c) and (d) have the same meaning?
3. Can “receiving” in sentence (e) be changed into “to receive”?
Yes, the two sentences have the same meaning.
No, they don’t. Sentence (c) means the sisters didn’t try any more. Sentence (d) means the sisters continue to try.
No, it can’t. A noun or -ing form can be used after the word “dread”.
Now look for more sentences with these structures in the reading passage, and summarise their uses in your own words.
1. ... but later struggled to get his works published. (para.3)
2. ... became an immediate best-seller and went on to sell millions and millions of copies. (para.3)
3. ... three sisters from Victorian England who dreamt of seeing their words in print. (para.4)
4. This, however, was a time when women were not encouraged to become writer. (para.4)
5. Keep trying and eventually you will read the words “We are delighted to inform you...” (para.5)
Both -ing and to-infinitive in the sentences are used as object.
【语法讲解】
动词后接非谓语动词作宾语的情况分为三种:只能接不定式;只能接动名词;接动名词或不定式皆可。
一、常接动词不定式作宾语的动词
agree, choose, decide, hope, wish, expect, long , prepare, fail, refuse, manage, plan, intend, pretend, promise, offer, afford, demand, arrange, attempt, want, refuse, seem, would like 等。例如:
What did they decide to do?
I hope to be back soon.
I am out of work so I can not afford to live in this big flat.
注意:
1. I am not interested in what to do.
2. I don’t know what to do .
总结:
3. She did nothing but / except c