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英语的复合谓语常用的几种形式,都是近年高考的热点,同时又是教材中的难点和同学们的易错题。本文就常用的几种形式作一浅析,以期对同学们复习和应考有所补益。
I.情态动词+不定式
1.情态动词can,could,may,might,will,would,shall,should都可与不定式的一般式连用,意思是“可能”、“许可”、“必须”等。如果要表示对现在或将来的推测时,情态动词的过去式与一般式在含义上并无多大区别,只是语气更为婉转。例如:
(1)——Could I borrow your dictionary?我可以借用你的辞典吗?
——Yes,of course you can.(NMET94-23)可以,当然可以。
(2)If there were no examination,we should have a much happier time at school.(NMET94-30)要是不考试,我们在学校就会玩得更开心些。
2.can,may,must和不定式的完成式连用,表示对过去发生的行为或存在的状态进行想象和推测,含义是“可能已经”,“或许已经”,“一定”等。例如:
(3)Where is my pen?I must have lost it.(NMET92-35,SAM)我的钢笔在哪里?我准是弄丢了。
(4)——Li Hua must have gone to Beijing.李华一定是去北京了。
——No,he can't have gone there.I saw him a minute ago.(’92江西省高考适应性试题)不,他不可能去北京,我刚才还看见过他呢。
3.could,might,would,should,ought to,needn't和不定式的完成式连用,不仅可以表示对过去发生的行为或存在的状态进行想象和推测,而且还可以表示“本来可能”,“本来应该”完成而实际上并未完成的动作或状态与过去事实相反的假设,而needn't则表示本来不必实现而又完成了这样一种情况。例如:
(5)I told Sally how to get here,but I perhaps should have written it out for her.(NMET94-16)我告诉塞丽怎样去那儿,或许我本来应该给她写清楚。
(6)Tom ought not to have told me your secret,but he meantnoherm.(MET93-15)汤姆本来不该把你的秘密告诉我,但是他没有恶意。
II.had better,would rather和不定式连用,表示劝告或主观上做出选择,例如:
(7)--Mum,I think I'm well enough to get back to school.妈,我想我已经恢复健康了,可以返回去上学了。
——Not really,my dear.You'd better stay home for another day or two.(NMET93-38)你还没有真正康复呢,亲爱的,你最好是再在家里呆上一两天。
(8)——I'm sorry.But what happened?对不起,发生了什么事啦?
——Well,I would rather not tell you.(SBII,p60)唔,我情愿不告诉你的好。
III.be going to,be to,be about,be able to,be likely to,have to,happen to,seem to,appear to,used to,get to等结构和不定式连用的情况极为普遍,例如:
(9)Is this the problem to be discussed at the meeting nextFriday?(’92江西省高考预选及师范专科统招试题)这就是要在下周星期五的会上讨论的问题吗?
(10)If city noises are not kept from infreasing,people will have to shout to be heard even at the table 20 years from now.(MET92-31)如果不能制止市内噪音的增长,人们只好从现在起用二十年时间在会议桌边大声疾呼,以使人们听见他们的呼声。
Ⅳ.表示说话及心理状态的动词如say,report,believe,suppose,think,know,consider等的被动结构后面常接不定式,例如:
(11)I don't know the restaurant,but it's said to be quitea good one.(NMET94-36)我不知道那家餐馆,但是据说它是满不错的一家餐馆。
(12)Charles Babbage is generally considered to have invented the first conputer.(NMET93-15)人们普遍认为是查尔斯·贝贝治发明了第一台计算机。
(13)The new secretary is supposed to report to the manageras soon as she arrives.(MET90-16)新来的秘书一到就应该向经理报到。
Ⅴ.许多主动语态带复合宾语的动词构成被动语态后,补足语为带to的不定式、分词或形容词等,这也是一种复合谓语形式。例如:
(14)John was made to wash the truck for a week as a punishment.(NMET91-28)约翰被迫洗一周卡车作为惩罚。
(15)The missing boys were last seen playing near the river.(NMET94-25)上一次有人看见那些遗失孩子在河边玩。
(16)When the time comes,the cocoons are torn open by the aunt nueses.(SBI,p225)到时候蚕茧就被保育蚁撕开。
Ⅵ.“不及物动词+表语”结构其中主语常是事物名词,谓语用主动形式表示被动意义。表语用形容词,常见错误是用成副词。例如:
1.谓语是某些表示知觉或感觉的动词如feel,sound,taste,smell,look,seem,appear等。
(17)——Do you like the material?你喜欢那材料吗?
——Yes.It feels very soft.(NMET94-27)(不用softly)喜欢,它摸起来很柔软。
(18)These oranges taste good.(MET91-21)(不用well)这些橘柑味道鲜美。
2.表示从一种状态变为另一种状态的动词如become,grow,get,turn,fall,go,come,run等。
(19)——Can I join your club,Dad?爸爸,我可以参加你们的俱乐部吗?
——You can when get a bit older.(NMET94-15)你长大了就可以参加。
(20)It worried her a bit that her hair was turning grey.(NMET92-35)使她有点忧虑的是她的头发正在变白。
3.表示保持某种状态的动词如continue,remain,keep,prove,turnout,stand,sit,lie,stay等。
(21)Tom kept quiet about the accident so as not to lose his job.(MET90-27)汤姆对那一事件守口如瓶,以不致于丢掉饭碗。
(22)The Swede stood quite still.(SBI,p252)瑞典人一动不动地站着。
(23)The temperature stayed high this week.气温一直居高不下。
4.上述1-3项中只有appear,seem,prove,turn out等之后可以接“to be+形容词”结构,其它则不能。这又是易错题。例如:
(25)The weather turned out to be very good,which was morethan we could expect.(NMET94-39)天气结果很晴朗,这是我们始料不及的。
(26)She appears to be very tired and sad.(SBI,p215)她看起来既疲备又悲伤。
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