output. 1974年,他成了世界上第一位种植高产水稻的农业先锋。
[解释] 不定式放在表示次序的词the first, the last, the best以及the only, the very, the right等词后面, 且这些词与动词不定式有逻辑上的主谓关系,结构为:the first/last/best/right/only/very/... + n. + to do sth.第一个/最后一个/最好的一个/合适的/唯一的/恰好的......做某事的人/物,如:
1). He is always the first (student) to come and the last to leave. 他总是第一个来和最后一个离开的(学生)。
2). The last man to leave the sinking ship was the captain. 最后一个离开正在下沉的船的是船长。
[练习] 根据句子意思填空。
1). I think he is the right person ________ (tell) her about this.
2). I' d be the first ________ (admit) I might be wrong.
2. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. 这种特殊的稻种使得同样的田地多收获三分之一的产量。
[解释] make it + 宾语补足语 + 动词不定式, it 做形式宾语,动词不定式是真正的宾语,有时真正的宾语是从句。常和动词consider/think/make/find/believe/declare/feel/guess/imagine/prove等连用。
如:He felt it his duty to take good care of them. 他感觉到好好照顾他们是他的责任。
再如:
1). The bad weather makes it impossible for us to go for a picnic.
2). We make it a rule to do some English practice before class.
3). Tom found it very embarrassing to be reminded of the long-standing debt.
4). Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin?