Grammar and usage To-infinitiveFigure out the meanings of the proverbs and the usage of the underlined part
• To know everything is to know nothing
• It is easier to get money than to keep it
• Eat to live, but not live to eat
什么都知道一如什么都不知道
挣钱容易,攒钱难
吃饭是为了生活,但活着不是为了吃饭
The to-infinitive can be1
subject of a sentence• To see is to believe
百闻不如一见
• 了解英语是一回事, 会英语是另一回事
__________ something about English is one thing; __________ English is quite another
• 先制定个计划是个好主意
________ a plan first is a good idea
To knowto knowTo make• 学好英语很难
________________ is difficult
= It is difficult ______________
• 再见到你真高兴
It’s a great pleasure to see you again
To study English wellto study English wellTip:• 动词不定式和不定式短语做主语时,常用 it 做形式主语,其句型结构为: It is + 形容词或名词(或词组) + 不定式短语…
• 这时的形容词常为 easy, difficult, hard, go