Unit 2 Gerund

动名词作主语往往表示一般性的动作。并列句时 两个分句具有一致性, 都中用动名词作主语。  1. Fishing is his favorite hobby, and ________.  A. he’d like to collect coins as well  B. he feels like collecting coins, too  C. to collect coins is also his hobby  D. collecting coins also gives him great pleasure DD

 （一）动名词作主语：  1. Having enough passion is not enough if you want to do this job well.  2. Eating more fruit every day is helpful to keep you away from SARS.  动名词词组作真正的主语：  It’s no good smoking, so you’d better give it up ．  It’s no use arguing with him ．  改错： He being elected secretary of the League Branch was not a surprise to us.  His being…  他今天来晚了使得老师很生气。  His coming late made the teacher angry.

 The purpose of new technologies is making life easier, ________ it more difficult.  A. not makeB. not to make C. not makingD. do not make CC  （二）动名词作表语：  1. My hobby is collecting insect stamps.  =Collecting insect specimens is my hobby.  表语可以和主语的位置可以互换

 （三）动名词作宾语：  1. He finished reading the book yesterday.  2. I mean finishing the task in no time.  3. She could not help crying when she was reading the moving story.  4. The Titanic turned just in time and narrowly missed being struck by the immense wall of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her.  5. He is proud of his son’s winning the first prize.  6. Their funds are adequate for meeting their moderate needs.  7. Their preparations for travelling abroad were very time-consuming.

 1. 只跟动名词，如： postpone, delay,  feel like, dislike, enjoy,  fancy, imagine  avoid, escape, miss, deny, resist,  consider, excuse, finish, involve, practise, suggest, stand, risk, mind, appreciate  2. To+ 名词 / 动名词： come to, turn to, object to, lead to, belong to, look forward to, be used to, pay attention to, devote …to, dedicate…to 等。

 3. 既可跟动名词也可跟不定式，但其意义不同，如：  stop doing A  stop to do B  remember to do 未做  remember doing 已做  forget to do 未做  forget doing 已做  regret to do 未做  regret doing 已做  try to do （尽力去做）  try doing （尝试去做，按常规来看，此句型包含着一 件事情的做法不合适，因此尝试用另外的方法）  mean to do （打算去做）  mean doing （意味着 …… ）

 4. 注意动名词的被动形式。如： He didn’t mind being left alone at home.  （四）动名词作定语：  She bought a writing desk.  There is a beautiful reading room in the school.  （动名词做定语表示用途，如： a writing desk means a desk for writing ）

 1. How about the two of us ________ a walk down the garden?  A. to take B. take C. taking D. to be taking  C  2. —I must apologize for ________ ahead of time.  —That’s all right.  A. letting you not know B. not letting you know  C. letting you know not D. letting not you know  B

 3. —You were brave enough to raise objections at the meeting.  —Well, now I regret ________ that.  A. to do B. to be doing C. to have done D. having done  D  4. One learns a language by making mistakes and ________ them.  A. correct B. correcting C. corrects D. to correct BB

 1. I would appreciate ________ back this afternoon.  A. you to callB. you callC. your calling D. you’re calling CC  2. I can hardly imagine Peter ________ across the Atlantic Ocean in five days.  A. sailB. to sail C. sailingD. to have sailed  C  3. —What do you think of the book?  —Oh, excellent. It’s worth ________ a second time.  A. to readB. to be readC. readingD. being read CC

 4. —Let me tell you something about the journalists.  —Don’t you remember ________ me the story yesterday?  A. told B. tellingC. to tellD. to have been told BB  5. —I usually go there by train.  —Why not ________ by boat for a change?  A. to try goingB. try to goC. to try and goD. try going DD  6. In some parts of London, missing a bus means ________ for another hour.  A. waitingB. to wait C. waitD. to be waiting AA

 7. I don’t regret ________ even if it might have upset her  A. to tell her what I thought  B. to have told her that I thought  C. telling what I thought D. telling her what I thought DD  8. How about the two of us ________ a walk down the garden?  A. to takeB. take  C. takingD. to be taking CC

 二、有关动名词各种形式的注意点  1. 一般性动作, 即不是明确地发生在过去、现在或将 来的动作, 或是与谓语动词所表示的动作同时发生的 动作 :  I appreciate talking with such people.  Being careless is not a good habit.  2. 完成式表示的动作发生在谓语动词动作之前 I don’t remember having met him before. 我记不得以前见 过他。  Thank you for having taken so much trouble to help.  3. not doing:  His not being able to pass the exam made the teacher unhappy.

 4. 名词用被动式。  (1) 同时发生 :  I don’t like being laughed at in public.  (2) 完成式表示的动作发生在谓语动词之前 :  I am very pleased at your having been honoured with a medal.  (3) 某些动词尽管动作发生在谓语动词动作之前, 这似 乎是一种习惯。例如 :  Excuse me for being late.  I don’t remember ever meeting you somewhere.  Thank you for giving us so much help.  (4) 动名词被动语态 :  She is afraid of being shown to strangers.