V-ing作賓語時有兩種情況:一種是作介詞的賓語,另一種是作動詞的賓語。第一種容易掌握,但是第二種較難掌握,因為英語中有很多動詞是只能以V-ing 作賓語而不能接to do作賓語的。這類動詞常用的有admit, can’t help, avoid, escape, stand, bear, miss, mind,appreciate, consider, advise, suggest, enjoy, risk, practise, imagine, excuse, pardon, resist, deny, finish, delay, allow, permit, require等。初學(xué)者很難把他們記住,如果我們將這20多個動詞編成一個故事,就會容易記住得多了。筆者就編了這樣一個愛情故事:
我承認(admit doing)第一次見她就喜歡上她了,有時會情不自禁(can’t help doing)地想她,但她卻避免(avoid doing)見到我,每次見到我就逃避(escape doing),我實在受不了(stand/ bear doing)了,但我又不想錯過(miss doing)這么好的一個女孩,于是我大膽地去找她爸爸并請求他的幫助,她的爸爸不但不介意(mind doing),而且很欣賞我,考慮了一下(consider doing),給了我四條建議(advise/suggest doing):1. 要喜歡冒險(enjoy doing,risk doing );2. 要練習(xí)想像力(practise doing, imagine doing);3. 要請求原諒(excuse doing, pardon doing);4. 要反對否定(resistdoing, deny doing)。最后囑咐我說這些建議不要拖延(delay doing),要馬上行動,如果我能完成(finish doing)他所說的,他便會允許(allow doing, permit doing)這件事,并盡力勸說(advise doing)女兒嫁給他。我聽后非常感激(appreciate doing),含淚謝別。
[語篇運用]請將下面一個故事翻譯成英文,注意運用只能接V-ing形式的動詞。
我承認我喜歡上課睡覺,因為我一上課就覺得困。每次老師發(fā)現(xiàn)了,我的同桌并不介意提醒我,可是過了一會兒,我又情不自禁地想睡。有一次我在上課睡覺,想象著在家里的床上舒服地睡覺,很快我夢到老師原諒我并允許我上課睡覺,還說我敢于上課睡覺是值得鼓勵的,說完便繼續(xù)上課,我萬分感激他的理解,想繼續(xù)睡,就在這時,老師大聲拍了一下桌子,把我從夢中驚醒了,我急忙承認我錯了,并承諾以后不敢再冒險上課睡覺了。
[參考譯文]I admit I enjoy sleeping in the class, because I feel tired as soon as the class begins. Every time teachers find it,my deskmate don’t mind reminding me. But after a while, I can’t help sleeping again. Once I was sleeping in the class and imaging sleeping in the bed at home comfortably. Soon I got into my dream and dreamed that the teacher found what I did and excused my sleeping in the class. Besides, he said that it was encouraging to risk sleeping in the class and permitted my sleeping in the class. After that, he went on explaining the lesson. I appreciated his understanding very much and I was about to go on sleeping when the teacher pounded the desk angrily , which awoke me suddenly. I quickly admitted I was wrong and promised that I wouldn’t risk sleeping in the class again.
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