51) It may well come as a surprise to learn that not only psychologists but other behavioral scientists have come to accept the positive contribution of work to the individual’s happiness and sense of personal achievement.

　　动名词或分词结构

　　1) Improving your study habits will improve your grades.

　　2) Teaching gives me pace, and variety, and challenge, and the opportunity to keep on learning.

　　3) Being very short of money and wanting to do something useful, I applied.

　　4) Having little in common is a frequent cause of divorce.

　　5) Owing sets of books is useless unless you read them.

　　6) Drinking, eating, and smoking excessively can do severe harm to even a young person’s health.

　　7) The art of communication requires learning the language and culture of the audience.

　　递进式结构

　　1) Fresh vegetables are nutritious(有营养的); furthermore, they re cheaper than frozen ones.

　　2) We will not only bring joy into other people’s lives, but also added happiness into our own.

　　3) But teaching offers something beside money and power; it offers love. Not only the love of learning and go books and ideas, but also the love that a teacher feels for his students.

　　4) Not only should you limber up (做准备活动) before exercising, but you must also be sure to cool down afterwards.

　　5) They do not seem to like one anther very much. Neither are they too keen on conventional people (正统的人)

　　主语从句结构

　　1) What makes it rather disturbing (令人烦恼) was the arbitrary circumstances both of my arrest and my subsequent fate in court.

　　2) But what was most shocking at the time was the thins my release from the charge so clearly depended on .

　　3) What I remember then is not her failure, but her courage, the courage to go ahead.

　　过渡句

　　1) This is not necessarily the case, however.

　　2) We want to keep up with the times.

　　3) Good intentions alone are not enough.

　　4) It was indeed the case.

　　5) But modern research has found that this is not so.

　　6) But it is now thought that this in not so.

　　7) What does this mean as far as our flying saucer program is concerned?

　　8) As for as I am concerned, some days are lucky while others seem marked by bad fortune.

　　9) And that last ounce is what really counts.

　　10) What is the point of being rich? (富有的意义何在呢?)

　　11) What other power matters? [其他的权力有什么重要的(要紧的)呢?

　　12) Yet there are advantages to underground life.

　　表示重要性或必要性

　　1) It’s important to set aside time for relaxation, hobbies , and entertainment as well.

　　2) Improved consumer confidence is extremely important to an economic recovery.

　　3) What is important in both stories is that honesty was seen as an important part of the American character.

　　4) The ability to observe keenly and in detail is necessary for anyone who wishes to become a scientist.

　　5) To find a solution to a conflict, it is often necessary to make some kind of compromise (妥协)

　　6) A harmonious atmosphere is essential(necessary / critical / indispensable) to successful reform.

　　7) It is essential that the increase in production should be geared to (适应) the increase in public demand.

　　8) The essential point is that military sanctions (军事制裁) cannot be counted on (指望) to produce a sure result.

　　9) The emphasis of the report is on how technology affects human life rather than business.

　　10) We should make a careful study of the problem and try to find out a solution to it.

　　表目的

　　1) The purpose of a test is to show what you have leaned about a subject.

　　2) Believe it or not, her only purpose in saying all that is to help you help yourself

　　3) The purpose of the campaign was to catch “ringers”—students who take tests for other students.

　　4) The intent is not to catch everyone but rather to catch enough to spread the word.

　　5) Competitive sports are recommended to young adults to prepare them for the competitive world of college and business.

　　6) The ultimate object of scientific inquiry is to discover the laws of nature.

　　11) We note with satisfaction that all these activities have helped to promote mutual understanding and friendship between our two countries.

　　12) The damage done to manmade structures and to human beings by weather would be gone.

　　13) The population is leveling off (处于平衡状态) in the area as a result of family planning.

　　14) For large numbers of people, the absence of work is harmful to their health.

　　表对比和比较

　　1) Of all American cities, San Francisco is considered by many to be by far the most beautiful.

　　2) Jobs and work do much more than most of us realize to provide happiness and contentment.

　　3) We are much less conscious of the extent to which work provides the more crucial(关键)psychological well-being that can make the difference between a full and an empty life.

　　4) Work is more than a necessity for most human beings; it is the focus of their lives, the source of their identity and creativity.

　　5) Rather than a punishment or a burden, work is the opportunity to realize one’s potential.

　　6) Few pastimes bring a family closer together than gathering around and listening to mother or father read good story

　　7) Man differs most from all the other animals in his ability to learn and use language but we still do not know exactly how this is done.

　　8) Generally speaking(In general), young people are less conservative(保守)than old people.

　　9) The way the brain works is far more complicated than they had thought.

　　10) The more scientists find out, the more questions they are unable to answer.

　　11) Many Americans choose to travel by car rather than by any other means of transportation.

　　12) Worse perhaps was the idea of Saturday afternoon cricket.

　　13) There is no surgical patient I cannot treat competently, treat just as well as or better that any other surgeon.

　　14) Social customs are different from what they used to be fifty years ago.

　　15) He has to feel that he’s good as and probably better than any other surgeon in the world.

　　16) Behavior which may be considered quite strange in one culture is often looked upon as completely normal in another.

　　17) It is as hard to pass her by without giving her some money as it is to ignore the collection box in church.

　　18) It is as morally hard to turn her away as it is a lost dog.

　　19) Attitudes towards daydreaming are changing in much the same way that attitudes towards night dreaming have changed.

　　20) We accept the authority of our parents when we are young, but as we mature we may begin to question their advice.