1、动名词的用法

　　动名词在句子中可以作主语、表语、定语、宾语等。

　　Traveling abroad can be very exciting.（主语）

　　（主语是物用exciting，主语是人用excited.（I’m excited.））

　　Seeing is believing.

　　What he likes is playing chess after supper.

　　He hasn’t much hope of realizing his wish.

　　She is afraid of going out alone at night. （be afraid of 害怕做某事）

　　As the three-day conference is coming to an end， the chairman is busy preparing the closing speech.（be busy doing 忙于做某事）

　　They don’t approve of his way of looking at things.

　　（approve of 赞成）

　　在句型It is no use / useless / useful / senseless， It is no good， It is worthwhile， It is a waste of time 等中，作主语的必须是动名词。

　　It is no use crying now. Let’s try to think out a way to solve the problem.（think out 想出……）

　　It’s no good waiting outside. Let’s walk home.

　　It’s waste of time arguing about it.

　　Though it may take some time， it is worthwhile trying.

　　同样的结构在句子中作形式宾语和宾语补足语时，真正的宾语也必须用动名词

　　I don’t think it good waiting for him now. Let’s do our homework.

　　We agree it worthwhile trying it again.

　　She found it useless arguing with her parents about her marriage.

　　He thought it absolutely useless attempting the impossible.

　　Do you consider it good trying again？

　　2、动名词作宾语

　　1）动名词作介词的宾语。

　　They’re all opposed （objected ） to putting the meeting off.（oppose to 反对…… to是介词 put off 推迟）

　　I’ve been looking forward to attending the party for a long time.

　　（look forward to 盼望做某事）

　　She is afraid of falling behind the others.

　　be afraid of： 害怕做某事，害怕发生某种后果；be afraid to do sth.：不敢做某事。I’m afraid to go back home， for I can’t pass the exam.

　　I don’t feel like eating anything.

　　They prefer driving to walking. （prefer doing to doing）

　　She hurried back to school for fear of missing too many lessons.

　　（fear of 害怕）

　　The child is accustomed to sleeping alone.be accustomed to 习惯

　　注意used to和be used to， get used to的区别。used to 后面接动词原形，表示“过去经常干某事”， be used to 和 get used to 后面接名词、代词、动名词，表示“习惯于某事”。

　　I used to be a teacher in this school.

　　She didn’t use to recite so many new words a day.

　　My sister is used to walking to school alone.

　　My mother wasn’t used to living in the city when she was alive.

　　2）动名词作动词的宾语

　　有些动词， finish， stand（容忍）， avoid， suggest， can’t help， mind， admit， enjoy， delay， practice， consider， deny， keep （on）， insist on， give up， have difficulty / trouble （in）等，后面必须接动名词（不能接不定式）作宾语。

　　Would you mind filling out the form？

　　I haven’t finish doing my homework.

　　I enjoy walking along the river bank after supper.

　　As the price of the computer keeps （on） going down， more and more families can afford it.

　　The girl insists on living alone .

　　有些动词，如remember， forget， need， want， try， mean， regret， stop， go on等，后面既可以接不定式又可接动名词作宾语，但两种结构意义上有差别。

　　I remember seeing you once somewhere.（remember doing 记得过去的事情）

　　Please remember to bring the book next time when you come to my home.（remember to do sth. 记得要做的事情）

　　I regret not listening to your advice. （regret doing sth. 后悔做过某事）

　　I regret to inform you that you’re dismissed from the company.（regret to do sth. 对未发生的事情感到遗憾）

　　I’ll never forget seeing the Great Wall for the first time. （forget doing 忘记过去的事情）

　　Don’t forget to come earlier next time.（forget to do 忘记要做的事情）

　　She doesn’t want（need） to come.（want 想）

　　The house wants（needs） cleaning.（want 后接doing主语一定是物）

　　Try knocking at the back door if nobody hears you at the front door.（try doing 试一试）

　　We must try to finish the assignment before the boss comes back.（try to do 设法做某事）

　　Failing in the exam means waiting for another year.（mean doing 意味着）

　　I meant to help you.（mean to do 打算做某事）

　　He stopped smoking last week.（stop doing 停止某事）

　　He stopped to smoke after he finished this article.（stop to do 停下来开始做另外一件事）

　　My good friend told me that I shouldn’t go on living like that.（go on doing 继续做某事）

　　Having visited the Tiananmen Square， the tourist guide went on to show us around the city.（go on to do 接下来干另一件事）