47　動(dòng)名詞作主語(yǔ)　Track45

 

（1）動(dòng)名詞放在句首作主語(yǔ)
與不定式作主語(yǔ)不同，動(dòng)名詞作主語(yǔ)一般直接放在句首，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)。
a. Seeing is believing.
b. Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.
c. Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.　憎恨別人，就好像為了趕走一只老鼠，而把自己的房子燒掉。
d. Having a successful marriage takes effort and patience, and communication is the key.
要獲得成功的婚姻需要努力和耐心，而交流就是關(guān)鍵。
e. Ordering meals from an incomprehensible Chinese menu is a daunting experience for foreigners, but sometimes the most expedient method is to scan nearby tables and point to dishes that they want to order.
在看不懂的中文菜單上點(diǎn)菜對(duì)老外來(lái)說(shuō)可是件頭疼的事，不過(guò)有時(shí)最省事的就是看看鄰座，然后用手指出自己想要的菜。
f. Going to the school dance is a lot of fun. But sometimes, deciding who to go with isn't easy.
g. Getting into shape doesn't mean you have to sweat and strain. You don't have to go for the burn to get into shape...just get going. Walking, climbing stairs and bicycling would count as long as the activity left the person slightly winded.
h. _____by transferring the blame to others is often called scapegoating.
A. The eliminated problems
B. Eliminating problems
C. Eliminate problems
D. Problems are eliminated
正確答案：B。
i. _____to inanimate objects, such as machines, is a form of animism.
A. When attributing emotion
B. Attributing emotion
C. Emotion is attributed
D. If emotion is attributed
正確答案：B。
（2）固定句型
英文中有幾個(gè)動(dòng)名詞后置作主語(yǔ)的固定句型，現(xiàn)列舉如下：
1） It is no good/no use doing sth.
表示“做什么事沒(méi)有用”。這里，it只是形式主語(yǔ)，真正的主語(yǔ)是doing sth.。其中，no good可替換為any/some good, any/some/no use, a waste of time等。
a. Is it any good trying to explain?
b. It's no use crying over spilt milk.　后悔沒(méi)有用。
c. It's not much use my buying salmon if you don't like fish.
d. It's simply a waste of time and money seeing that movie.
e.It's no use_________me not to worry.
A. you tell
B. your telling
C. for you to have told
D. having told
正確答案：B。
2） There is no point/use/good (in) doing sth.
表示“做某事沒(méi)有必要，沒(méi)有意義”，“做某事沒(méi)有用”。
a. There is no point in my buying salmon if you don't like fish.
b. There is no point in my going out to date someone, I might really like if I met him at the time, but who, right now, has no chance of being anything to me but a transitional man.
現(xiàn)在讓我出去和別人約會(huì)沒(méi)有用。如果我碰上了意中人，我自然會(huì)愛(ài)上他的?？墒窃诂F(xiàn)在這個(gè)時(shí)候，我跟誰(shuí)也不會(huì)有結(jié)果的，除非是為了解解悶而已。
c. There is no use your arguing with him.　你沒(méi)必要和他爭(zhēng)論。
3） There is no doing sth.
意思相當(dāng)于 It's impossible to do sth. 或We can't do sth.，意為“不可能做某事”。
a. There is no denying the fact that ...毋庸置疑……
b. There is no gainsaying the fact that ...毋庸置疑……
c. There is no telling what will happen tomorrow.
誰(shuí)也無(wú)法預(yù)知明天會(huì)發(fā)生什么。
d. There's no knowing the future. = It's impossible to know the future, or we can't know the future.　誰(shuí)也無(wú)法預(yù)知未來(lái)。