1 主语
可以充当主语的词:
- 名词、代词
- doing
- to do (可放句首或者句尾)
1.1 【例子】【翻译】如今,在中国乘坐地铁正变得越来越方便。
Nowadays, taking the subway in china is becoming more and more convenient.
- 表示一类事物,可用the,a,或者复数:
- taking the subway
- taking a subway
- taking subways
- 使用to do:
Nowadays, to take the subway in china is becoming more and more convenient.
或者:
Nowadays, it is becoming increasingly convenient to take the subway in china .
1.2 【例子】【translation】过去,乘飞机对大多数中国人来说是难以想像的。
In the past, taking a plane to travel was unimaginable for most Chinese people.
In the past, travelling by plane was unimaginable for most Chinese people.
In the past, to travel by plane was unimaginable for most Chinese people.
In the past, it was unimaginable for most Chinese people to travel by plane.
In the past, it was beyond imagination for most Chinese people to travel by plane.
1.3 【阅读】Printing with moveable type on paper dramatically reduced the cost of producing a book compared with the old-fashioned ones handwritten on vellum, which comes from sheepskin.
dramatical 剧烈的,显著的。
dramatically 剧烈地,显著地。
vellum 牛皮纸
sheepskin 羊皮,羊皮纸
Printing … reduced the cost …
2 四级语法
如何描述一件事?
那就是简单句。
如何描述多件事?
长难句。