Lesson 44 Through the forest 穿过森林 doing 动名词

Mrs. Anne Sterling did not think of the risk (that) she was taking when she ran through a forest after two men.

take a risk（of doing） ^冒…风险

• This is such a big risk that it will probably make you never want to take a risk again. ^{这是一个很大的风险，它可能会让你再也不想冒险了。}
• Vimala guessed what was wrong, so she decided to take a risk.^{维玛拉猜出了问题所在，所以她决定冒险一试。}

* They had rushed up to her while she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag.

have a picnic ^野餐

• She will have a picnic. ^{她要去野餐。}
• Jack, let's have a picnic after school. ^{杰克，放学后我们去野餐吧。}

at the edge of ^{在…的边上}

• The park lies at the edge of the town.
• He came to a halt at the edge of a steep incline.^{他停步在一个陡坡的边上。}

* In the struggle, the strap broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men started running through the trees.

in one's possession = in the possession of sb. ^{为某人所拥有…}

• I went out of the book shop with book in my possesion.
• The house used to be in my possession, but now it is in the possession of an old lady.

Mrs. Sterling got so angry that she ran after them.

 got angry ^变得生气

• Don't cry or get angry. ^{不要哭或者生气。}
• She got angry and socked him in the mouth.^{她生气了，照着他的嘴巴就是一拳。}

She was soon out of breath, but she continued to run.

out of breath ^{上气不接下气，喘不上气}

• Tom ran to the shop to get some salt for his mother. When he reached there, he was quite out of breath.

continue to do sth. = continue doing sth. ^接着做…

• They'll continue to fight injustice.^{他们将继续与不公正的现象抗争。}
• Continue doing a lesson a day.^{学习不能间断，一天一课。}

When she caught up with them, she saw that they had sat down and were going through the contents of the bag, so she ran straight at them.

4个连接词 = 5件事

1. She caught up with them. ^{她追上了他们。}
2. She saw. ^她看见
3. They had sat down. ^{他们坐了下来}
4. They were going through the contents of the bag.^{他们正在检查包里的东西。}
5. She ran straight at them ^{她径直向他们跑去}

The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran away.

got a fright ^{受到惊吓：突然感到害怕或惊讶，通常是由于突发的事件或意外情况引起的。}

• Mrs. Medlock did get a fright then.^{梅德洛克太太当时确实吓坏了。}
• Both Liu and Ji got a fright.^{刘备、纪灵都吓了一跳。}
• I get stage fright every time I'm going to teach a new class.^{每到要教新课的时候，我都会怯场。}
• She got a fright and dropped the book.^{她吓了一跳，把书都扔了。}

such/so... that ... ^{so 通常位于形容词、副词之前，而 such 只能位于名词之前。}

'The strap needs mending,' said Mrs. Sterling later, 'but they did not steal anything.'

need doing sth. ^{主动表被动(源于省略)}

• The strap needs to be mended. ↔ The strap needs mending.
• The windows need cleaning.
• The paintwork will need doing over soon.^{需要尽快重新油漆一遍。}
• Something need me doing?^{有什么需要我做的吗?}

动名词(doing)可以做主语、宾语、介词宾语等

特殊的介词 to

部分动宾 to 做介词接动词原型

动名词还可以用于“动词 + 介词”之后

believe in ^{信任,信仰}

accuse sb. of doing sth. ^{因某事控告某人}

• The police accused him of stealing. ^{警方控告他犯有盗窃罪.}

在 love，like，prefer 等动词后 ^{用不定式和动名词意义有所区别}

在 need，want 之后，动名词形式具有被动的含义，相当于被动的不定式,如果以物体做主语，可以直接加动词-ing，表达被动的含义：

• My shirt is torn. It needs mending. ^{我的衬衫撕破了, 需要缝补.}
• Those windows are dirty. They want washing. ^{那些窗户很脏, 需要洗刷.}