35 句型一:It is... + to do sth.(作主語(yǔ)) Track33
(1) It is... + to do sth.句型
不定式作主語(yǔ),常用it作形式主語(yǔ),放在句首,將真正的主語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞不定式(短語(yǔ))放在句子后面。
a.It's easy to be wise after the event. 事后諸葛亮容易當(dāng)。
b.It is easier to spend money than to make money. 花錢(qián)要比掙錢(qián)容易。
c.It's better to love someone you can't have than to have someone you can't love. 愛(ài)一個(gè)無(wú)法擁有的人勝過(guò)擁有一個(gè)你不愛(ài)的人。
注意:此處形式主語(yǔ)it不能用this或that來(lái)替換。
d.This(A) is impossible for(B) people to stare directly(C) at the sun.
人們不可能直視太陽(yáng)。
正確答案:A,This應(yīng)改為It。
e.Due to(A) the refraction of light rays, this(B) is impossible for the naked eye to determine(C) the exact location of a star close(D) to the horizon.
正確答案:B,this 應(yīng)改為it。
(2)不定式結(jié)構(gòu)也可直接置于句首作主語(yǔ), 此時(shí)謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞要用單數(shù)。
a. To err is human, to forgive divine. 犯錯(cuò)人皆難免,寬恕則屬超凡。
b. To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.
因?yàn)楸粣?ài)而愛(ài),是人之常情;因?yàn)閻?ài)而愛(ài),則難能可貴。