助动词be、have和do
1. Be动词的用法
(1) 助动词be和现在分词一起构成进行时或完成进行时。如:
He is reading. 他在读书。
I'll be waiting for you there then. 我到时在那儿等你。
(2) 助动词be和过去分词一起构成被动语态。如:
Is he taken good care of? 他被照顾得好吗?
They shall be punished. 他们一定要受惩罚的。
(3) 助动词be用作系动词。如:
Matthew is a teacher. 马修是个老师。
We were late today. 我们今天迟到了。
(4) 助动词be和不定式连用,可以表示下面几种情况。
表计划,只用于肯定句和疑问句。如:
We are to discuss it the following week.
我们打算下周讨论那件事。
When is the wedding to be? 婚礼什么时候举行?
表命令,只用于肯定句和否定句。如:
All junior officers are to report to the colonel at once.
全体下级军官都必须立即向上校报到。
Tom says I am to leave you alone. 汤姆要我不理会你。
表可能,多用于被动结构。如:
Her father was often to be seen in the bar of this hotel.
在这家旅馆的酒吧经常可见到她父亲。
Where is he to be found? 在哪儿可找到他?
表示“必须”,“应该”多用于现在式。如:
Nobody is to leave this room. 谁也不许离开这个房间。
What am I to do next?下一步我该做什么?
He's to blame. 该怪他。
表注定,多用于过去式。如:
He was to be my teacher and friend for many years to come.
在 后来许多年里,他是我的老师和朋友。
The professor did not know at the time that he was never to see his native place again.
当时教授不知道他再也见不到他的故土了。
(5) 助动词be用于条件从句。如:
If we are to succeed, we must redouble our efforts.
我们要想成功,必须加倍努力才行。(are to意为“想要”)
(6) be 后接 going to, about to, on the point of 等表示将来时间或根据计划、意图等将要发生的事。如:
It's going to rain. 快要下雨了。(将来时间)
He's about to leave. 他正要走。(将来时间)