Unit 4 Space exploration
Section B Discovering Useful Structures
一、语法点拨
动词不定式作定语和状语
(一)、动词不定式作状语
动词不定式作状语通常表目的、结果、原因等。
a.表目的
They ran over to welcome the delegates.他们跑过去欢迎代表们。
He stood up to be seen better.他站起来以让别人看得更清楚。
b. 表结果
What have I said to make you so angry?
我说了什么让你这么生气?
He came round to find himself in hospital.
他苏醒过来发现自己住院了。
c. 表原因
不定式表示原因时般放在句子的末尾,说明主语产生某种情感(glad pleased、sad、worried、sad excited)的原因。如:
I'm very glad to hear that Li Lei has been elected secretary of the Party.
听说李蕾被选为了党委书记,我很高兴。
d. 作评论性状语
有些不定式用于修饰整个句子,表明说话者的观点或态度,我们称之为评论性状语。
To be honest,I don't like her.说实话,我不喜欢她。
(二)、动词不定式作定语
动词不定式作定语常用来修饰名词或不定代词,放在所修饰的词的后面。作后置定语。如:
Who was the first one to arrive?谁第一个到的?
The best way to learn English is to use it.学英语最好的方法是使用它。
When is the best time to plant vegetables?什么时候是种植蔬菜的最好时间?
①动词不定式作定语,它与所修饰的名词或代词可能是主动关系,也可能是被动关系。如果是被动关系,且句中含有不定式动作的执行者时,不定式要用主动表示被动。
He was the last one to leave school yesterday.
他是昨天最后一个离开学校的人。
We have much homework to do everyday.
我们每天有很多家庭作业要做。
②动词不定式(短语)作定语修饰名词且与其所修饰的词之间为被动关系时,如果不定式中的动词为不及物动词,那么其后应加上一个含义上所需要的介词。如:
I have no chair to sit on.我没有椅子坐。
He has no house to live in,他没有房子住。
二、同步练习
1.Scientists have warned that coral reefs are likely to become the world’s first ecosystem ___________( disappear) because of global warming.
2.While sleeping, astronauts must attach themselves to something to prevent _________(float) around.
3.She solved the problem in an ________(intelligence) way.
4.Yet, they are not as ______________(universe) as we think.
5.What can go around the earth without ___________(rocket)
6.John Glenn, the American who first ______________(orbit) the Earth,was welcomed with 3,529 tonnes of ticker tape when he got back.
7.But I want to be strong and _____________(independence) one day.
8.Keeping your __________(muscle) strong helps you to avoid back problems.
9.He _____________(leap) forward and caught the ball.
10.At the sound of a knock at the door, I rushed out immediately, only __________(find) nobody in sight.
答案以及解析
1.答案:to disappear
解析:句意为:科学家警告说,由于全球变暖,珊瑚礁很可能成为世界上第一个消失的生态系统。被修饰词前有序数词first修饰,应用不定式作后置定语。故填to disappear。
2.答案:floating
3.答案:intelligent
4.答案:universal
5.答案:rockets
6.答案:orbited
7.答案:independent
8.答案:muscles
9.答案:leaped
10.答案:to find