Seeing is believing.
眼見為實。
Saying is easier than doing.
說比做容易。
Her job is keeping the hall as clean as possible.
她的工作是盡量保持大廳整潔。
Reading is learning , but applying is also learning and the more important kind of learning.
讀書是學(xué)習(xí),使用也是學(xué)習(xí)而且是更重要的學(xué)習(xí)。
1. 名詞use, good, pity, time, fun, bore, a waste of time, worth(形容詞)等作表語時,常用it作形式主語而把真正的主語動名詞后置:
It is no use waiting for him; he won't come.
等他沒用,他不會來的。
It is no good staying up so late every evening.
每天晚上熬夜是沒有好處的。
It is a waste of time talking about it here.
在這里談?wù)撍抢速M時間。
2. “there is no +動名詞”結(jié)構(gòu)相當于It is impossible to do sth.,此時動名詞通常帶有賓語。
There's no joking about such matters.
對這樣的事情沒有玩笑可言。
There's no getting along well with him.
不可能和他相處好。
There's no hiding of the evil but not to do it.
要想人不知除非己莫為。
3. 用于布告形式的省略結(jié)構(gòu)中,意義上相當于祈使句。動名詞通常不帶賓語。
No smoking ! = Don't smoke.
不許抽煙。
No parking ! = Don't park.
不許停車。
專項練習(xí)
1. _______ to the sunlight for too much time will do harm to one's skin.
A. Exposed
B. Having exposed
C. Being exposed
D. After being exposed
2. It is no _______ arguing with Tim, as he will never change his mind.
A. use
B. help
C. useful
D. time
3. _______ his homework made his father lose his temper.
A. The boy's not having done
B. The boy not having done
C. The boy's having not done
D. The boy having not done
4. —What has made you so upset?
—_______ my pet cat.
A. Lost
B. Losing
C. Because of losing
D. Since I lost
5. It is no good _______. You should give _______.
A. drinking; it up
B. to smoke; it up
C. smoking; up it
D. to drink; up it
6. This news sounds _______.
A. encouraging
B. encouraged
C. encourage
D. to encourage
7. What worried the child most was _______ to visit his mother in the hospital.
A. his not allowing
B. his not being allowed
C. his being not allowed
D. having not been allowed
8. The problem is _______ land for it.
A. find
B. found
C. finding
D. to found
答案速查 1-5 CAABA 6—8 ABC