第三句型:主语 + 及物动词 + 宾语
大家了解,名词可以做主语和宾语,非谓语动词 -ing和 to do也可以做主语和宾语,
作主语:
Learning a foreign language is not easy.(学门外语并困难。)
To learn a foreign language is not easy. (= It is not easy to learn a foreign language.)
从语法角度讲,上述两个表达方法都可以。
但,当动词处于宾语地方时,就不可以如此“随性”了,由于英语语法有以下几个规定:
1)acknowledge / admit / appreciate / avoid / consider / contemplate / defer / deny / dislike / enjoy / escape / evade / excuse / facilitate / fancy / favor / feel like / finish / give up / cannot help / cannot stand / imagine / include / keep (on) / do not mind / miss / permit / practice / regret / resent / risk / suggest 等词后面的动词宾语需要用-ing 形式,重点和第一要学会黑体字部分。因为这类次的词义与解题关系不大,没给出具体词义讲解。如需要,请学生自己查字典解决。
这是语法考试的一个重点,要对以上词特别敏锐,比如:
It is impossible to avoid ______ by the stormy weather.
A. being much affected
B. having much affected
C. to be much affected
D. to have been much affected
解题思路:
1)一看到avoid一词,便可确定正确答案在A、B中;
2)affect意为“影响”,及物动词,故B不对。
[假如做题时间来不及,此类题目若有“主动语态”和“被动语态”之分,通常选“被动语态”的正确率高些。]