物的性质)有:easy, difficult, hard, important, possible, impossible, comfortable, necessary等。
It's easy for me to do that.
对我来说做那件事很容易。
②用于句型"It is +adj.+of sb. to do sth."中常见的形容词(用于说明人的品质)有:kind, nice, stupid, rude, clever, foolish, thoughtful, thoughtless, brave, silly, selfish等。
It's very kind of you to help us.
你帮我们的忙,你真是太好了。
(2)动名词作主语时,前面可加代词或名词所有格表示动名词的逻辑主语。
Jane's joining the singing team gave them a surprise.
简加入歌唱队使他们很吃惊。
(3)某些形容词与 the 连用,也可作主语。当"the+形容词"指物表示抽象概念用作主语时,谓语常用单数形式;表示一类人用作主语时,谓语常用复数形式。
The good is not always beautiful.
好的东西并不总是美的。
(4)there be句型中,主语通常放在be之后。
There is nothing to get excited about.
没有什么值得激动的。
(5)不定式或动词ing形式作主语时,句子的表语往往和主语在形式上保持一致。
To see is to believe.=Seeing is believing.
眼见为实。
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(1)用所给词的适当形式填空
①It was stupid of you to_get (get) involved.
②It's no use crying (cry) over spilt milk.
③The rich are (be) not always happy, though.
④Missing (miss) the train means waiting half an hour.
⑤There were many people waiting (wait) outside of the shop.
(2)完成句子
①It_is_kind_of_you_to_help me out of trouble.
你太好心了,帮我摆脱困境。
②Generally, the_young_are_more_active than the old in such work.
通常在这样的工作中年轻人比老年人更积极。
③There_is_a_car_racing every year near our town.
在我们镇子附近每年都有一场汽车比赛。
④Their_winning_the_match is an inspiration to all of us.