【故事复现】母女共创世界纪录
• Step 1: Listen and answer the question.
第一步：听Freya慢速朗读的故事，回答下列问题。
Question: What is Debbie going to try to do?
问题：黛比准备尝试做什么？
Answer: Debbie is going to try to set up a new world record.
• 词汇准备
• record 记录
• strong 强壮的
• swimmer 游泳运动员
• succeed 成功
• train 训练
• anxiously 焦急地
• intend 打算
• solid 固体的，硬的
• Step 2: Intensive reading.
第二步：故事精读。
Debbie is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow. She is going to set
out from the French coast at five o’clock in the morning.
黛比准备明天横渡英吉利海峡。她打算早上5点钟从法国海岸出发。
Debbie is only eleven years old and she hopes to set up a new world record. She is
a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure to succeed.
黛比只有11岁，她希望创造一项新的世界纪录。她是一个游泳能手，很多人
认为她一定能成功。
Debbie’s father will set out with her in a small boat. Mr. Hart has trained his
daughter for many years.
黛比的父亲将乘一条小船同她一道出发。哈特先生训练她的女儿已经多年
了。
Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to
England.
明天他将焦急地注视着女儿游过这段漫长的距离到达英国。
Debbie intends to take short rests every two hours. She will have something to
drink but she will not eat any solid food.
黛比计划每两小时休息一下。她将喝些饮料，但不吃固体食物。
Most of Debbie’s school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast.
Among them will be Debbie’s mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a
girl.
黛比的大部分同学将在英国海岸等候她。他们当中还会有黛比的母亲，她本
人还是个姑娘时，也曾横渡过英吉利海峡!
• Step 3: Listen again and answer the questions.
第三步：再听一遍，回答下列问题。
1 Who is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow?
2 How old is she? Is she a strong swimmer or not?
3 Whom has Debbie been trained by?
4 Will he follow her in a small boat or not?
5 Where will Debbie’s mother be waiting?
6 What did she do as a girl?
Answer: Debbie is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow. She is
eleven and she is a strong swimmer. Debbie has been trained by her father. He
will follow her in a small boat. Debbie’s mother will be waiting on the English
coast. She swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.
• Exercise: Sentence structure and vocabulary.
课外练习：句型及词汇训练。
1 One of these statements is true. Which one?
(a)Both Debbie's parents are very interested in their daughter's attempt to swim the
Channel.
(b)Only Debbie's father is interested in his daughter's attempt.
(c)Only Debbie's mother is interested in her daughter's attempt.
(d) Debbie's mother and father aren't interested in their daughter's attempt to swim
the Channel.
2 Debbie_________.
(a)will only eat solid food during the swim
(b) will not drink anything during the swim
(c) will swim across the Channel without stopping
(d) will stop at intervals during the swim
3 She is sure to succeed. Many people feel sure_______ it.
(a) to
(b) for
(c)in
(d) of
4 He will be watching her anxiously_______ she swims the long distance to
England.
(a)though meanwhile
(b)meanwhile
(c)while
(d) during
5 ________ does she intend to take short rests? Every two hours.
(a)Since when
(b)How long
(c)How much
(d) How often
6 Debbie's friends will be on the coast. That's where ______of them will be.
(a)more
(b)the most
(c)most
(d) the more
7 Debbie's mother will be ______ the crowd.
(a)between
(b)beside
(c)among
(d) around
8 Debbie hopes to ______a new world record.
(a)do
(b)make
(c)build
(d) fix
9 She is sure to succeed. She's sure to be _______.
(a)successful
(b)success
(c)succession
(d) a succession
10 Mr. Hart has trained her. He's her _______.
(a)leader
(b) guide
(c)trainee
(d) instructor
11He'll be watching anxiously. He'll feel_______.
(a)sad
(b)unhappy
(c)worried
(d) thoughtful
12 She'll take short rests every two hours. She will _______ every two hours.
(a)relax
(d) sleep
(a)stay
(b)remain
Key: 1a 2d 3d 4c 5d 6c 7c 8b 9a 10d 11c 12c
第三十单元【语法点拨】
动词不定式作其他成分
▶ 作状语
(1) 作目的状语
• I stopped to have a rest.我停下来休息。
• John said that he had run in order to catch the bus.
约翰说他是跑着去赶公共汽车的。
• I advised them to withdraw so as not to get involved.
我劝告他们撤离不要卷入进去。
• To become a teacher in a university, it is necessary to have at least a master’s
degree.
要成为一名大学教师，必须至少有硕士学位。
(2)作结果状语
• He is too young to go to school.他年纪太小，还不能上学。
不定式在“so+形容词/副词+as to”之后作结果状语，有时这种结构可表现为:
“such+名词+as to”
• He was so tired as to be unable to walk. (=He was too tired to walk.)
他累得走不动了。
• She is so wise as to solve the problem.
她非常聪明，能解决这个问题。
• He can’t have done such a terrible thing as to keep you waiting for so long.
他不可能做出这种可怕的事，让你等这么长时间。
◆ to find, to hear, to learn, to see等谓语动词后可作结果状语，为了表示强调结
果,常在不定式前加only，往往表示意想不到的事
• At last she left her house and got to the airport, only to see the plane flying
away.
最后她离开了她的住所来到机场，不巧看见飞机飞走了。
• He woke up to find everybody gone.他醒来发现大家都走了。
(3)在某些表示喜、怒、哀、乐等的形容词后作原因状语
• I’m sorry to hear your grandma is ill.听到你奶奶生病真难过。
(4)在带有enough或too的句子里作状语，表示程度
• He is old enough to go to school.他到了上学年龄了。
(5)在as if, as though后作方式状语
• Christie stared angrily at her boss and turned away, as though to go out of the
office.
克里斯蒂愤怒地瞪眼看着她的老板，然后转身，好像要离开办公室。
• He opened his lips, as if to say something.他张开嘴，仿佛要说什么似的。
▶ 带to的不定式作宾语补足语
• We found him to be honest.我们觉得他很诚实。
(1)在表示思维活动的动词后作宾补。这类词除find外，还有:accept, account(认
为 ), acknowledge( 承 认 ), admit( 承 认 ), believe, consider, deem( 认 为 ), discover,
fancy( 想象 , 设想),feel, hold, imagine( 想象 ), judge, know, presume( 假定, 假设 ),
reckon(估计,猜想), suppose(推想,假设), suspect(怀疑,猜想), think等
• I should suppose him to be about twenty.我猜他是二十岁左右。
• We consider it to be true.我们认为这是真实的。
(2)另外，在表示请求、允许、命令等的动词后作宾补。这类动词常见的
有:advise, allow, ask, beg, bid, caution(警告,告诫), command, convince(使相信,使
信服), direct, forbid(禁止), instruct(指示,命令), invite, order, permit(允许,准许),
persuade(说服,劝说),pray, recommend, remind(提醒), request(请求), require, teach,
tell, warn等
• Who persuaded you to join this society? 谁劝你参加这个协会?
• Most of the parents agree to forbid their children to smoke.
大多数父母都同意禁止自己的孩子抽烟。
(3)在表示意愿、爱憎等的动词后作宾补，这类动词常见的有 dislike, expect,
intend, like, love, mean, prefer, want, wish等
• If you want your film to be properly processed, you will have to wait and
pick it up on Friday, which is the day after tomorrow.
如果想把胶卷处理好，你必须等到星期五来取，也就是后天。
(4)在使役动词后作宾补。这类动词常见的有: cause, compel(迫使;强迫), drive(迫
使), enable, enforce(强制,迫使), force, get, lead(使), leave(使), oblige(迫使;责成),
press(逼迫,力劝)等
• Listening to music enables us to feel relaxed.听音乐能使我们感到很轻松。
• Her love will drive her to do anything to protect him.
受爱情的支配，为了保护他，她什么事都愿意做。
• She pressed her guests to stay a little longer.
她极力劝说客人们再呆一会儿。
• The heavy rain compelled us to stay indoors.大雨迫使我们待在家里。
▶ 不带to的不定式作宾语补足语
• My sister’s professor had her rewrite her paper many times before allowing
her to present it to the committee.
我姐姐的教授让她多次重写论文，然后才允许她将论文交给该委员会。
使役动词have, let, make以及感官动词feel, hear, listen to, look at, notice, observe,
overhear, see, smell, watch等后的不定式作宾语补语通常不带to。
• I saw him go into the classroom.我看到他走进了教室。
但当上述句子被转换成被动句时，不定式要带to。
• He was seen to go into the classroom.有人看见他走进了教室。
▶ 作主语补足语
不定式作主语补足语只存在于被动句中，而且该被动句可以转化成以it作形式主
语的被动句。这种句型常用的谓语动词有: suppose, assume, acknowledge, believe,
claim(声称), consider, estimate(估计), expect, find, know, report, say, think, agree等
• Brown is supposed to have left for Italy last week.
=It is supposed that Brown left for Italy last week.
布朗理应上周出发去意大利。
▶ 作形容词补语
• If the letter to be mailed was placed on the writing table an hour ago, it is
certain to be there now.
如果待邮寄的信一小时以前放在写字台上，它现在一定到达那里了。
作形容词补语有以下五种情况:
(1)句中不定式表示原因。这类形容词常用的有: fortunate, glad, happy, lucky,
proud, sorry等。
• I am lucky to have so many firm friends in my life.
生活中有这么多可靠的朋友，我感到很幸运。
• He was fortunate to survive.他幸运地活了下来。
(2)在表示人的品质的形容词之后，常是句子主语发出的动作，这类形容词常见
的 有 : brave, careful, careless, clever, clumsy( 笨 拙 的 ), courageous, cruel, foolish,
generous, honest, kind, nice, polite, reasonable, right, rude, selfish, silly, sweet,
wicked, wise等
• He was silly to do so. (It was silly of him to do so.)他这样做真傻。
(3)句子主语和不定式之间为被动关系。这类形容词常见的有: agreeable, amusing,
difficult, easy, hard, hopeless, impossible, interesting, nice, pleasant等
• She was difficult to teach./It was difficult to teach her.她很难教。
(4)句中不定式表示可能最终没有发生的未来动作。这类形容词常见的有:able，
afraid, anxious, curious, eager, free, fit, keen, ready, reluctant(不愿意的), welcome,
willing等
• He is afraid to go there.他不敢去那里。
(5)句中不定式位于表示说话人看法的形容词之后。这类形容词常见的有:apt(易
于……), bound(一定的,必然的), certain, inclined, liable(易于…的,有……倾向的),
likely, prone(易于……的;倾向于…的), sure等
• He is certain to come.他肯定会来的。
▶ 用作独立成分。动词不定式用作独立成分通常是一些固定短语，表示总
结、顺序、让步等意思
• To tell the truth, I think they were all a bit scared of him.
说实话，我觉得他们都有点怕他。
• To be honest, I don’t like him very much.说实话，我很不喜欢他。
• To be brief, I’ll explain only the most important points/parts.
为了长话短说，我只解释最重要的部分。
中级阶段第三十一单元