新东方白易礼：英语四级考试语法笔记(七)

　　例如：

　　You must try to do it again. 你必须想方设法再做一次。

　　Let’s try doing the work in some other way. 咱们用另一种方法做这工作试试。

　　(7) mean to do sth. 打算、意欲做某事

　　mean doing sth.意味着做某事

　　例如：

　　If it means delaying more than a week, I’ll not wait. 如果这意味着拖延一个多星期，我就不等了。

　　I mean to help you, and nothing else. 我想帮助你们，没别的。

　　我不是想伤害你，对不起。→I didn’t mean to hurt you. I’m sorry.

　　宣布台独就是对中国宣战。→Declaring Taiwan independent means declaring war on China.

　　(8) go on to do sth.做了一件事又去做另一件

　　go on doing sth继续做原来的事情

　　例如：

　　After he finished his maths, he went on to do his physics. 他作完数学后，接着又做物理。

　　I hope it won’t go on raining all day long.  我希望这雨别一天下个没完。

　　现在做一些练习：

　　1.根据括号里的汉语意思用动名词填空：

　　1)(游泳)is a very enjoyable exercise. (Swimming)

　　2) His work is (修自行车). (Repairing bicycles)

　　3) Europeans uses an knife and a fork (吃肉). (for eating meat)

　　4) We will only succeed by (努力工作). (working hard)

　　5) I don' t want to force you into (做违反你愿意做的事情). (doing something against your will)

　　6) Tom hates (早晨9点以后起床). (getting up before 9 o' clock)

　　7) I could' t help (迟到). (being late)

　　8) (等着没用) there won' t be another bus. (It's no use waiting)

　　9) Are you against (今天开会). (having the meeting today)

　　10) Instead of (挨批评), she ought to be praised. (being criticized)

　　2. 用动名词结构将下列句子译成英语：

　　1)她听见敲门声，停止了工作去开门。

　　When she heard the knocking at the door, she stopped working to open the door.

　　2)谢谢你给我写信。

　　Thank you for writing to me.

　　3)雨停了，太阳开始出来了。

　　It stopped raining and the sun began to shine.

　　4)希望你原谅我问了这么多问题。

　　I hope you will excuse me for having asked all these questions.