Grammarandusage•…howIwassuretogetagoodmark
(Line9)•Iwasdeterminedtobecheerful
(Line14)•Imadeherpromisenottotellanyone
(Line16)bareinfinitivetoinfinitive•IwassoupsetthatIfeltlikecrying
(Line20)•MybestfriendMatthewhasstoppedtalkingtome
(Line34)•…asaresultofhiscarelessplaying,welostthegame
(Line39)V-ingformasanoun★To-infinitive★bareinfinitive★verb-ingformasanoun
To-infinitiveTheto-infinitivecanbeusedaloneoraspartofaninfinitivephraseandtheto-infinitivecanserveasthesubject,object,objectcomplement,attribute,predicativeoradverbialofasentence
theto-infinitiveusedasthesubject不定式作主语•遵纪守法是每个人的职责
Toobeylawiseveryone’sduty
•了解自己是困难的
Toknowoneselfisdifficult
•满嘴食物地讲话是不礼貌的
Totalkwithyourmouthfullisrude
在如此短的时间内完成这项工作是不可能的
Itisimpossibletofinishtheworkinsuchashorttime
学习一些口语对你来说是有用的
Itisusefulforyouto