学员问:be able to,to是介词吗?
Tyger答
第一,be able to和be happy to,be interesting to,be nice to等结构无异。
第二,这里的to根本不是介词,而是分词。
第三,I am able to walk.和I can walk的区别,到底是啥?Tyger编了一个Superboy的小故事来说明问题。
I am SuperBoy. I can walk, I can jump, I can run.
One day, I got a disease. I could't walk, I could't jump, I could't run.
I said to myself:”I want to be a real Super Boy.“
I then made practice every day and I recovered.
I was able to walk.
I was able to jump.
I was able to run.
I become a Super Super Boy now.
第四,进一步思考,为什么会有这个区别呢?关键在于Be able就是一种能力提升过程的表述,can是一种成果成就表述。