Unit 100
To + infinitive after adjectives
(a) Сравните эти два предложения:
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Jim doesn't speak very clearly. |
A It is difficult to understand him.
B He is difficult to understand. |
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Смысл предложений A и B одинаков. Однако отметьте, мы говорим `He is difficult to understand.' (но не `He is difficult to understand him.') |
Вы можете употреблять конструкцию предложения
B после difficult/easy/impossible/hard и
некоторых других прилагательных:
- It is not easy to get along with her daughter.
- He is impossible to talk to.
- They were a lovely couple to see.
Вы также можете использовать эту конструкцию
после прилагательное + существительное:
- This is a very difficult question to answer. (но не `... to answer it')
- Jill is an interesting person to talk to.
- I enjoyed the football match. It was an exciting game to watch.
(b) Мы употребляем to + infinitive после
the first/the second/the third и т.д.,
а также после the next и the last:
- Gagarin was the first man to travel in a spacecraft.
- Why am I always the last to get the news?
(c) Вы можете употреблять конструкцию
to + infinitive после ряда прилагательных,
чтобы сказать, как кто-то относится к чему-то.
Например:
- I am glad to see you.
- The doctors are pleased to inform you about new toothpaste.
Другие прилагательные, которые можно употреблять
подобным образом:
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happy |
delighted |
disappointed |
amazed |
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sorry |
sad |
relieved |
astonished |
(d) Отметьте, конструкция - (it is) nice of
someone to do something. Такая конструкция
возможна после ряда прилагательных, включая:
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nice |
mean |
silly |
polite |
generous |
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kind |
stupid |
clever |
careless |
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- How kind of you to let me come!
- It is very generous of this old lady to share her money with us.