②I don't think Henry is the best man to_do (do) the job.
我认为亨利不是做这项工作的最佳人选。
不定式作定语还常用于以下情况:
(1)由only, last, next 等修饰的名词(代词)常用不定式作定语。
(2)当被修饰的名词(代词)是ability, anything, attempt, chance, decision, desire, plan, need, intention, reason, right, something, time, way, wish 等词时,常用不定式作定语。
③I'm hungry. Do you have anything to_eat (eat)?
我饿了,你有吃的吗?
④After the war, they couldn't resist the desire to_return (return) home.
战后,他们抑制不住回家的渴望。
2. Ever since Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon back on 21st July, 1969, people have become accustomed to the idea of space travel. (P58)
自从尼尔·阿姆斯特朗在1969年7月21日首次踏上月球以来,人们对太空旅行这一概念已经非常熟悉。
★accustomed adj.习惯的
①He was not accustomed to political or philosophical discussions.
他不习惯政治或哲学讨论。
be accustomed to=be used to 习惯于(to是介词)
accustom v. 使习惯于
accustom oneself to (doing) sth. 使自己习惯(做)某事
②She was a person accustomed to having eight hours' sleep a night.
她是一个习惯每晚睡八小时的人。
③It took him a while to accustom_himself_to_Chinese dishes.
他过了一段时间才习惯了中国菜。
3. Millions of people watched that first moon landing on television, their hearts in their mouths, aware of how difficult and dangerous an adventure it was, and what risks had to be taken. (P58)
数以百万计的人们在电视上观看了首次登月,他们的心提到了嗓子眼儿,因为他们十分清楚它是多么艰难、多么危险,也知道要冒多么大的风险。
★their hearts in their mouths为独立主格结构,在句中作伴随状语。独立主格结构在形式上不是一个完整的句子,但在语意上相当于一个句子。
①The hunter entered the forest, gun in hand.