47 动名词作主语 Track45
47 动名词作主语 Track45
（1）动名词放在句首作主语
与不定式作主语不同，动名词作主语一般直接放在句首，谓语动词用单数。
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. 憎恨别人，就好像为了赶走一只老鼠，而把自己的房子烧掉。
d. Having a successful marriage takes effort and patience, and communication is the key.
要获得成功的婚姻需要努力和耐心，而交流就是关键。
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.
在看不懂的中文菜单上点菜对老外来说可是件头疼的事，不过有时最省事的就是看看邻座，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
正确答案：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
正确答案：B。
（2）固定句型
英文中有几个动名词后置作主语的固定句型，现列举如下：
1） It is no good/no use doing sth.
表示“做什么事没有用”。这里，it只是形式主语，真正的主语是doing sth.。其中，no good可替换为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. 后悔没有用。
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
正确答案：B。
2） There is no point/use/good (in) doing sth.
表示“做某事没有必要，没有意义”，“做某事没有用”。
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.
现在让我出去和别人约会没有用。如果我碰上了意中人，我自然会爱上他的。可是在现在这个时候，我跟谁也不会有结果的，除非是为了解解闷而已。
c. There is no use your arguing with him. 你没必要和他争论。
3） There is no doing sth.
意思相当于 It's impossible to do sth. 或We can't do sth.，意为“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.
谁也无法预知明天会发生什么。
d. There's no knowing the future. = It's impossible to know the future, or we can't know the future. 谁也无法预知未来。
与不定式作主语不同，动名词作主语一般直接放在句首，谓语动词用单数。
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. 憎恨别人，就好像为了赶走一只老鼠，而把自己的房子烧掉。
d. Having a successful marriage takes effort and patience, and communication is the key.
要获得成功的婚姻需要努力和耐心，而交流就是关键。
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.
在看不懂的中文菜单上点菜对老外来说可是件头疼的事，不过有时最省事的就是看看邻座，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
正确答案：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
正确答案：B。
（2）固定句型
英文中有几个动名词后置作主语的固定句型，现列举如下：
1） It is no good/no use doing sth.
表示“做什么事没有用”。这里，it只是形式主语，真正的主语是doing sth.。其中，no good可替换为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. 后悔没有用。
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
正确答案：B。
2） There is no point/use/good (in) doing sth.
表示“做某事没有必要，没有意义”，“做某事没有用”。
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.
现在让我出去和别人约会没有用。如果我碰上了意中人，我自然会爱上他的。可是在现在这个时候，我跟谁也不会有结果的，除非是为了解解闷而已。
c. There is no use your arguing with him. 你没必要和他争论。
3） There is no doing sth.
意思相当于 It's impossible to do sth. 或We can't do sth.，意为“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.
谁也无法预知明天会发生什么。
d. There's no knowing the future. = It's impossible to know the future, or we can't know the future. 谁也无法预知未来。
