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动词不定式作主语和表语
1.动词不定式的时态和语态
语态
时态
主动
被动
一般式
to do
to be done
进行式
to be doing
完成式
to have done
to have been done
2.动词不定式作主语
动词不定式作主语时,一般表示具体的或一次性的动作。作主语的不定式有时态和语态的变化,且谓语动词通常用单数。
To finish this job in one day is impossible.
要在一天之内完成这项工作是不可能的。(表示具体的情况)
动词不定式作主语时,有以下两种形式:
(1)把不定式置于句首
❶To get there by bike will take us half an hour.
我们骑自行车到那儿需要半个小时。
(2)用it作形式主语,把作真正主语的不定式(短语)后置,常用于以下结构中:
①It +be+名词+to do sth.
❷It's our duty to take good care of the old.
照顾好老人是我们的责任。
②It takes sb.+some time+to do sth.
❸How long did it take you to finish the work?
你花了多长时间来完成这项工作?
③It+be+形容词+for sb.+to do sth.
❹It is difficult for us to finish writing the composition in a quarter of an hour.
在十五分钟内完成这个作文对我们来说太难了。
④It+be+形容词+of sb.+to do sth.
❺It is stupid of you to write down everything the teacher says.
你将老师所说的话全部记下来是一种很笨的方法。
[特别注意] 动名词(短语)作主语多表示一般性的、抽象的、重复性的动作或状态。
Reading poems gives me much pleasure.
读诗给我带来很多乐趣。
3.动词不定式作表语
动词不定式(短语)作表语通常用来说明主语的具体内容(职业、职责或性质等),也可以表示目的、愿望等。
❶A college counsellor's job is to help students adjust to college life.
大学辅导员的工作是帮助学生适应大学生活。
❷His ambition is to become an actor.
他的理想是成为一名演员。
[特别注意] ①常见的后接动词不定式(短语)作表语的系动词有appear,seem,prove,remain等。
❸Our English teacher seems to have known the secret.
我们的英语老师好像已经知道这个秘密了。
❹Whether we will succeed or not remains to be seen.
我们是否会成功仍待观察。
②当主语部分含有实义动词do的某种形式时,不定式(短语)作表语时通常省略to。
❺All I can do now is keep silent.我现在所能做的就是保持沉默。
练习
Ⅰ.用括号内适当形式填空
1.____________ (see) is to believe.I won't believe it until I see it by myself.
2.As a student in senior high school,the most important task is ____________ (study) hard,which determines your future.
3.Exercise energizes you,so it is more difficult ____________ (relax) and have a peaceful sleep when you are very excited.
4.His plan is ____________ (buy) a new computer for his son as a reward for his good behavior at school.
5.What squirrels can do is ____________ (store) all kinds of nuts before winter comes.
6.It took him a long time ____________ (recover) from a