There is a lot of work to do. 有许多事情要做。(表示某人必须做这工作)
注意下面两个句子的含义:
There is a lot of work to be done. (强调有许多事情必须做。)
There is nothing to be done. (强调出了某事,现在没办法解决。)
4. for somebody to do和of somebody to do的用法区别:
句型“It is +形容词+for somebody+不定式”中的形容词通常强调不定式的行为属性,如:important,possible,impossible,necessary,difficult,hard,reasonable等。
It's difficult for us to finish the work within two hours. 我们要在两小时之内完成工作是很难的。
It's reasonable for them to run away so quickly. 他们这么快就逃跑了是很有道理的。
“It is +形容词+of somebody+不定式”中的形容词表示人物性格和特征。如:kind,silly,good,unwise,clever,wrong,right,foolish,stupid,careless,rude,impolite,bold,thoughtful,honest,bad,sensible,naughty等。
It's kind of you to think so much of us. 难为你这么为我们着想。
It's silly of the boy to keep pouring water into the basket 这个男孩真傻,一直往篮子里倒水。
高中阶段常见的一些不定式短语可以作谓语,如:be able to do(能,会),be about to do(即将做……),used to do(过去常常……),be glad to do(乐意做……),would like to do(想要做……),be likely to do(很可能做……),go all out to do something全力以赴,be supposed to do应该等。
高中阶段还有一些不定式短语可以作状语修饰整个句子,也可以称它们为插入语。如:to tell you the truth(说老实话),to be frank(坦率地说),to begin with(首先),to be brief(简言之),to make a long story short(长话短说),to be exact(精确地说),to say nothing of(姑且不说),to conclude(总而言之),to be sure(诚然、固然),to do him justice(说句对他公道的话),so to speak(可以这么说、打个譬喻说)等。
To tell you the truth,I hate him. 说老实话,我恨他。
To be frank,I don't agree with what you said. 坦率地说,我不同意你说的话。