3.动名词或分词结构

1) Improving your study habits will improve your grades.

2) Teaching gives me pace, and variety, and challenge, and the opportunity to keep on learning.

3) Being very short of money and wanting to do something useful, I applied.

4) Having little in common is a frequent cause of divorce.

5) Owing sets of books is useless unless you read them.

6) Drinking, eating, and smoking excessively can do severe harm to even a young person’s health.

7) The art of communication requires learning the language and culture of the audience.

4.递进式结构

1) Fresh vegetables are nutritious(有营养的); furthermore, they re cheaper than frozen ones.

2) We will not only bring joy into other people’s lives, but also added happiness into our own.

3) But teaching offers something beside money and power; it offers love. Not only the love of learning and go books and ideas, but also the love that a teacher feels for his students.

4) Not only should you limber up (做准备活动) before exercising, but you must also be sure to cool down afterwards.

5) They do not seem to like one anther very much. Neither are they too keen on conventional people (正统的人)

5.主语从句结构

1) What makes it rather disturbing (令人烦恼) was the arbitrary circumstances both of my arrest and my subsequent fate in court.

2) But what was most shocking at the time was the thins my release from the charge so clearly depended on .

3) What I remember then is not her failure, but her courage, the courage to go ahead.

6.过渡句

1) This is not necessarily the case, however.

2) We want to keep up with the times.

3) Good intentions alone are not enough.

4) It was indeed the case.

5) But modern research has found that this is not so.

6) But it is now thought that this in not so.

7) What does this mean as far as our flying saucer program is concerned?

8) As for as I am concerned, some days are lucky while others seem marked by bad fortune.

9) And that last ounce is what really counts.

10) What is the point of being rich? (富有的意义何在呢？)

11) What other power matters? [其他的权力有什么重要的(要紧的)呢？

12) Yet there are advantages to underground life.

7.表示重要性或必要性

1) It’s important to set aside time for relaxation, hobbies , and entertainment as well.

2) Improved consumer confidence is extremely important to an economic recovery.

3) What is important in both stories is that honesty was seen as an important part of the American character.

4) The ability to observe keenly and in detail is necessary for anyone who wishes to become a scientist.

5) To find a solution to a conflict, it is often necessary to make some kind of compromise (妥协)

6) A harmonious atmosphere is essential(necessary / critical / indispensable) to successful reform.

7) It is essential that the increase in production should be geared to (适应) the increase in public demand.

8) The essential point is that military sanctions (军事制裁) cannot be counted on (指望) to produce a sure result.

9) The emphasis of the report is on how technology affects human life rather than business.

10) We should make a careful study of the problem and try to find out a solution to it.

8.表示目的

1) The purpose of a test is to show what you have leaned about a subject.

2) Believe it or not, her only purpose in saying all that is to help you help yourself

3) The purpose of the campaign was to catch “ringers”—students who take tests for other students.

4) The intent is not to catch everyone but rather to catch enough to spread the word.

5) Competitive sports are recommended to young adults to prepare them for the competitive world of college and business.

6) The ultimate object of scientific inquiry is to discover the laws of nature.

9.表示结果

1) Too much discussion will only lead to confusion.

2) Too much work and too little rest may lead to loss of health

3) If you try to learn too many things at a time, you may get confused.

4) He had experienced fear and conquered it . In doing so, he had undoubtedly learnt something about himself.

5) Efforts to bring together people of different races and cultures have not met with (获得) complete success.

6) we have made numerous attempts to solve the problem, but so far our efforts have been unsuccessful.

7) state financial support given in the form of scholarships has stimulated.

8) By consistent hard work we have achieved the major economic objectives (目标) of the ninth five-year plan.

9) New machines were introduced into the factory. As a result, not only were time and energy saved but production was greatly increased.

10) The pressures of modern urban life have led to increased occurrences(发生)of alcoholism(酗酒)and drug abuse(吸毒), mental illness, suicide(自杀), and divorce in Western societies.

11) We note with satisfaction that all these activities have helped to promote mutual understanding and friendship between our two countries.

12) The damage done to manmade structures and to human beings by weather would be gone.

13) The population is leveling off (处于平衡状态) in the area as a result of family planning.

14) For large numbers of people, the absence of work is harmful to their health.