張滿(mǎn)勝,英國(guó)劍橋大學(xué)英語(yǔ)碩士,新東方學(xué)校“新思維語(yǔ)法”培訓(xùn)創(chuàng)始人,著有《英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法新思維》系列圖書(shū),對(duì)英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法有深入的研究,突破傳統(tǒng)語(yǔ)法教學(xué),提出了“語(yǔ)法即思維”的全新語(yǔ)法理念,揭開(kāi)了英語(yǔ)思維的深層秘密。他對(duì)中國(guó)學(xué)生英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)的癥結(jié)和困惑有深刻的了解,力爭(zhēng)改變中國(guó)學(xué)生“學(xué)習(xí)多年英語(yǔ),最終還是不會(huì)說(shuō)、不會(huì)寫(xiě)、聽(tīng)不懂”的尷尬局面。歡迎大家來(lái)信咨詢(xún)與英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)相關(guān)的問(wèn)題,請(qǐng)?jiān)谛欧庥蚁陆腔蜞]件主題欄注明“熱線(xiàn)答疑”。
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張老師好,下面這道題應(yīng)該選什么?為什么?謝謝您的解答。
—Mr. Wang, whom would you rather _____ the important meeting?
—Tom.
A. have attend B. have attended
C. having attend D. have to attend
這句話(huà)的正確答案是A,填入后說(shuō)成:
a. Whom would you rather have attend the important meeting?
注意,句首的賓格疑問(wèn)代詞whom是have的賓語(yǔ),因此將這句話(huà)改為陳述語(yǔ)序后,可以說(shuō)成:
b. You would rather have whom attend the important meeting?
從b句可見(jiàn),a句結(jié)合了這樣兩個(gè)句型結(jié)構(gòu):sb. would rather do sth. (某人寧愿做某事)和have sb. do sth. (安排某人做某事)。因此,have和attend都要用動(dòng)詞原形。a句意為:你寧愿讓誰(shuí)去參加這個(gè)重要的會(huì)議?
這道題同學(xué)們?nèi)菀渍`選B,覺(jué)得have后面不能用動(dòng)詞原形,但選完B之后又想不明白為啥這里要用完成時(shí),這實(shí)際上是因?yàn)橥瑢W(xué)們沒(méi)有意識(shí)到這里考查的并不是完成時(shí),而是have sb. do sth.的用法。命題人故意將have的賓語(yǔ)提到句首,讓have和attend連在一起,目的就是為了給同學(xué)們?cè)O(shè)置陷阱,同學(xué)們?cè)谧鲱}時(shí)還需仔細(xì)甄別。
張老師好,下面這道題為什么不選B呢?Consider后面不是接doing形式嗎?請(qǐng)您幫忙解釋一下,非常感謝!
Charles Babbage is generally considered ______ the first computer.
A. to invent B. inventing
C. to have invented D. having invented
首先,consider后邊的確是加doing,比如:He seriously considered resigning. (他認(rèn)真地考慮過(guò)是否要辭職。)但請(qǐng)注意,此時(shí)consider是用于主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。如果把consider用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài),則其后要接不定式:可以接不定式的一般式to do說(shuō)成be considered to do,表示不定式的動(dòng)作晚于謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)作;或者接不定式的完成式to have done說(shuō)成be considered to have done,此時(shí)表示不定式的動(dòng)作早于謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)作。
據(jù)此分析,本題的正確答案是C,說(shuō)成:Charles Babbage is generally considered to have invented the first computer. 這句話(huà)意為:人們普遍認(rèn)為第一臺(tái)計(jì)算機(jī)是由Charles Babbage發(fā)明的。由于“發(fā)明計(jì)算機(jī)”是過(guò)去的動(dòng)作,而謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)作采用了一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)態(tài)is considered,所以不定式的動(dòng)作要早于謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)作,故采用不定式的完成式to have invented。
此外需要注意的是,從consider的語(yǔ)義角度來(lái)看,consider doing和be considered to do/to have done中的consider的含義是不同的。當(dāng)我們用consider doing時(shí), consider是“考慮(think about)”的意思;而當(dāng)我們說(shuō)be considered to do/to have done時(shí),consider是“認(rèn)為(to think of ... in a particular way)”的意思。
張老師,您好!下面這道題答案是A。為什么這里要用祈使句的形式呢?謝謝您的解答!
—English has a large vocabulary, hasn't it?
—Yes. _____ more words and expressions and you will find it easier to read and communicate.
A. Know B. Knowing
C. To know D. Known
本題采用了一個(gè)特殊的條件句型,即“祈使句+ and +陳述句”,其中的祈使句可以表?xiàng)l件。因此,應(yīng)使用動(dòng)詞原形know,而不是非謂語(yǔ)knowing或to know。需要注意的是,祈使句中的動(dòng)詞一般宜為動(dòng)態(tài)動(dòng)詞,不宜用像know這樣的靜態(tài)動(dòng)詞,因而此題中的know改為learn會(huì)更好,說(shuō)成:Learn more words and expressions and you will find it easier to read and communicate. (去學(xué)更多的單詞和表達(dá),你就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)閱讀和交流更容易了。)