英语语法是用来帮助我们了解语言的规律性，从而指导我们的语言实践的。尽管托福结构的考试内容一般并没超出中学英语语法的范畴，然语法并不是很容易掌握的。我国素以重视语法教学著称，似乎在大学阶段应该问题不大了，而教过一个月后，我的学生们总要提出要多讲点语法知识，十多载的民意测验无出其右。这说明他们的语法知识掌握的并不牢固，且其英文写作同样是“乱云飞渡”。香港学者钱歌川先生在《英语疑难问题解答》一书中，曾将动名词作动词的宾语的情况概括为“霉咖啡不是”（megafips）。惜为文不雅，且欠科学。受其启发，我精心开出一剂完全药方，对重大语法现象做了系统总结，谓之曰“歌诀法”（含口诀）。十六套歌诀从教学中来，又多次回到教学中去。它曾治愈过很多人的“语法病”，对高职生尤其有效，且疗效持久。文中歌诀也许尚未完美，但我坚持认为“别管黑猫白猫，掌握语法就是好猫。” 第一部分：不定式、动名词作宾语的四种情况 不定式、动名词作宾语情况复杂多变，不少学习者感到颇为“闹心”。它们是各类考试的重心，也是中国学生丢分的“重灾区”。其症结在于考生拿不准到底哪些动词必须以动名词作宾语；哪些动词必须以不定式作宾语；有些动词既可以动名词宾语，也可用不定式作宾语，意思基本不变；有些动词既可以动名词宾语，也可用不定式作宾语，意思却不同？ 其一，有些动词须以动名词宾语，它们可用 “MP\4r\ café\ disk”来记，即“宪兵带着4把手在咖啡馆里看光盘”（把字母 r 想象成手）。 M指mind, miss, mention When I mention playing football, he says he’s too busy. He just missed being run over by a truck. P指prevent, permit, postpone, pardon, practice We don’t permit smoking in the office. Practice throwing the ball into the net . 4R指risk, resist, resent,resume: Informing the truth risks destroying the patients’ hope. Jill couldn’t resist making jokes about his baldness. Nurses may bitterly resent having to take part in deceiving patients. c 指consider, contemplate we’re considering going to USA. I don’t contemplate (预料) him opposing my plan. a指admit, avoid, appreciate, anticipate He admitted having done wrong. I appreciate hearing from you again. We anticipate deriving much instruction from the lecture. f指face, fancy, finish Fancy his being so rude! e指excuse, enjoy, escape He escaped being punished. Excuse my interrupting you. d指delay, defer, deny, dispute（不同意）, detest（痛恨） She defers（暂缓） making a decision. Why have you delayed opening the school. He denied (否认) knowing anything about it. i指imagine， involve I can’t imagine living anywhere but Australia. The job involves me living in London. s指suggest ｓｕｃｃｅｅｄ I suggested taking the children to the zoo. k指keep The inserts keep reproducing themselves. 其二，有些动词必须以不定式作宾语，它们是：（口诀二） 三w 、h c ，五a领着四d 、p, 一r m二l、b, 接不定式o, u, e。 它包括了三个以w开头的单词，三个以h开头的单词，三个以c开头的单词，五个以a开头的单词，分别以d 、p开头的单词各四个，分别以l、b开头的单词各两个，分别以r, m, o, u, e开头的单词各一个。 注：3 w、 hc是want, wish, wait和 hope , help, hesitate以及care, choose, consent Anna is waiting to have a word with you. He hesitated to buy the coat. We chose to go by train. 二l、b是learn, long:和beg, bear. I can’t bear him to deceive me. I long to go abroad. 五a是: agree, ask., afford, arrange, attempt She agreed to help me with computer. 四d是dare , demand, determine, decide, She demanded to be told everything. 四p是 plan, pretend, promise, prepare He promised to give me a stove oven. 以r, m, o, u, e开头的五个单词分别是refuse ,manage ，offer, undertake, expect He managed\ offered to reserve two berths for us. He undertook\ expect \ refuse to act as our guide. 其三，有16个动词既可以动名词宾语，也可用不定式作宾语，意思基本不变。因为接动名词、不定式均可，情况又变得简单起来，只需记住一句话就行，即：（口诀三）双方一旦开始(begin, start, ),无论喜欢(like, prefer )与否(hate, dislike)，都得继续(continue)下去。都不能打算（intend，attempt, propose）忽视（neglect）开始（commence）的爱（love）。习惯(be accustom to)也好，害怕(afraid to do \ of doing)也好，难以容忍( can’t bear)也好。(参见Michael Swan:《英语用法指南》第339条) I’m afraid to tell \ of telling her. She can’t bear to get \getting her coat dirty. He is accustom to work \to working hard. 其四，有9个动词既可以动名词作宾语，也可用不定式作宾语，意思却不同。歌诀（四）曰：remember、forget, try、mean、stop、regret,want、 need、require 。 注：remember to do sth.指记住（别忘记）要做某事，remember doing sth.记得（回忆起）曾做过某事；forget to do sth指忘了要做某事，forget doing sth.忘了要做某事；try to do sth指试图做某事，try doing sth.试试看（试过）；mean to do sth指打算，有意图，mean doing sth.意味着，就是；stop to do sth停下来做某事，此为目的状语，stop doing sth.停止做某事。Regret to do sth对现在要发生的事表示“遗憾”，regret doing sth.对发生过的事表示“后悔”。want to do sth指希望，想要；want doing sth.需要，该；need\ require to do sth都是需要require\need doing sth.该都是动名词主动式表示被动。因这9个单词既可接不定式，又可接动名词，我们比之为“九条两头蛇。” | 
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