動名詞作表語的時候，特別要注意：不要與正在進行時混淆。動名詞作表語，表達的是“某件事”等。例如：

　　his part-time job is promoting new products for the company. (動名詞)

　　他的業(yè)余工作是為那家公司推銷新產(chǎn)品。

　　reading is for sure learning, but applying is also learning to a greater extent.(動名詞)

　　讀書當然是學習，然而運用在很大程度上更是學習。

　　their task is exploring oil mines in the west. (動名詞)

　　他們的任務是在西部探查油礦。

　　動名詞作表語，容易與現(xiàn)在分詞作表語相混淆。記�。簞用�詞表語表達的是“某件事”(與不定式短語的意義相近)，而現(xiàn)在分詞表語表示“具有某個作用”。例如：

　　the situation is very much encouraging.(現(xiàn)在分詞)

　　形勢非常令人鼓舞。

　　his present job is not that stimulating as he expected. (現(xiàn)在分詞)

　　他現(xiàn)在的工作并不是那么有刺激性。

　　their plan is to build another dormitory for their staff this year. (不定式)

　　他們的計劃是今年再為員工們建一棟宿舍樓。

　　his wish is to become a pilot. (不定式)

　　他的愿望是當飛行員。

　　4、作賓語

　　(1) 動名詞跟在及物動詞后做賓語。例如：

　　he managed to escape suffering from the disease.

　　他設法避免患那種疾病。

　　after hearing the funny story, all of us couldn't help laughing ear to ear.

　　聽完了那個滑稽故事，我們?nèi)滩蛔〈笮α恕?/p>

　　excuse my interrupting you for a while .

　　請原諒我打擾你一會兒。

　　prof. smith considered giving his students a reading list before they started the next chapter.

　　史密斯教授考慮在學生們學習下一章之前給他們一份讀書清單。

　　when he came back home from his night shift, jason tried to avoid wakening his family.

　　當杰遜下夜班回到家時，他盡力不弄醒他的家人。

　　the suspect denied turning on the computer in the office that night.

　　犯罪嫌疑人否認他那晚開過辦公室的電腦。

　　(2) 英語中，在介詞后面也要用動名詞作賓語。例如：

　　i'm looking forward to your coming next time.

　　我期待著您下一次的到來。

　　on hearing our delegation in sydney had won 28 gold medals, all the chinese people cheered up with great joy and showed their great respects to our athletes.

　　當聽到我國在悉尼的奧運代表團獲得了28塊金牌時，全中國人民都高興地歡呼起來，并向我們的運動健兒們表示崇高的敬意。

　　the simplest kind of advertising is the classified ad.

　　最簡單的廣告是分類廣告。

　　they are against using so many animals in experiments.

　　他們反對用如此多的動物去做試驗。

　　i don't remember ever seeing her any time.

　　我不記得曾幾何時見過她。

　　he apologized for interrupting us.

　　他因打斷了我們的談話而向我們道歉。

　　thank you for offering me so much help.

　　感謝你們給我提供了這么多的幫助。

　　he is fond of watching sports-games.

　　他喜歡觀看體育競賽。

　　she likes making herself busy all the day.

　　她喜歡使自己終日忙忙碌碌的。

　　(3) 介詞后面接動名詞時，動名詞短語也可以用完成時態(tài)或被動語態(tài)。例如：

　　the secretary was scolded for not having finished typing the report in time.

　　那位秘書因沒有按時將報告打印出來而受責備。(動名詞的完成時態(tài))

　　i regret having said some rude words to my brother.

　　我后悔對我弟弟說了些粗話。

　　we have no idea of their having done such kind of thing.

　　我們不知道他們干過這種事情。

　　after having been treated in the special way, he could deal with everything around him smoothly .

　　他接受了特殊化的訓練后，能順利地對付他周圍的一切。

　　he can't remember having been scolded by his boss for that matter.

　　他不記得老板曾為那件事責備過他。

　　people hate being praised for nothing .

　　人們不喜歡無緣無故的贊揚。(動名詞的被動語態(tài))

　　the problem is far from being solved .

　　這問題遠沒得到解決。

　　she didn't mind being left alone at home .

　　她不介意被一人留在家里。

　　(4) 下列動詞后的動名詞雖然是被動意義，但不用被動語態(tài)：

　　your car needs filling. 你這車要充氣了。

　　this city deserves visiting. 這座城市值得光顧一下。

　　the problem requires studying carefully .這個問