新課標(biāo)小學(xué)英語(yǔ)國(guó)際音標(biāo)入門(mén)：try的用法

　　Today’s tip is on the difference in meaning between “try to do something” and “try doing something”.

　　

　　今天的小貼士是“嘗試做某事”和“嘗試做某事”之間的意思上的不同。

　　

　　“try” plus an infinitive, that is, “to” plus a verb, such as “try to learn” “try to open” “try to read” means to make an effort to do it. “try” plus a gerund, that is, verb-ing, such as “try opening”, “try turning on”, “try giving” means to experiment with a new or different approach to see if it works.

　　

　　“嘗試”加上一個(gè)不定式，即“到”加一個(gè)動(dòng)詞，如“試著學(xué)習(xí)”、“試著打開(kāi)”、“試著讀”，意思是努力去做。“嘗試”加一個(gè)動(dòng)名詞，是動(dòng)詞，如“看看”、“把”、“讓”的意思是嘗試一種新的或不同的看看它的方法。

　　

　　Let’s look at some exams. “I’m trying to learn Taiwanese.” This means I’m making an effort to do it. I’m taking a Taiwanese class, doing my homework and speaking in Taiwanese whenever I can. Here’s another exam. “I tried to open the window.” This sentence means I pulled the window up, but it did not go up, so I pushed the window up, but it still did not open. I made an effort to open the window, but I could not open it. On the other hand, “I tried opening the window” means that I did open the window and that I opened it for a reason. I was hot and I wanted to cool off. I tried opening the window, but that didn’t help. So I tried turning on the fan, but I was still hot. So I tried taking off some of my clothes, but that didn’t work either. Finally, I turned on the air conditioner, and that finally succeeded in helping me cool off. I experimented with many things to see what would work.

　　

　　讓我們看一些例子。“我在試著學(xué)臺(tái)語(yǔ)”，這意味著我正在努力做這件事。我要上臺(tái)語(yǔ)課，做作業(yè)，盡可能用臺(tái)語(yǔ)講話(huà)。這是另一個(gè)例子。“我試著打開(kāi)窗戶(hù)”，這句話(huà)的意思是我把窗戶(hù)拉上來(lái)，但沒(méi)有上升，所以我把窗戶(hù)推了上去，但它仍然沒(méi)有打開(kāi)。我努力打開(kāi)窗戶(hù)，但我打不開(kāi)。另一方面，“我試著打開(kāi)窗戶(hù)”意味著我打開(kāi)了窗戶(hù)，我打開(kāi)它是有原因的。我很熱，我想涼快一下。我試著打開(kāi)窗戶(hù)，但那沒(méi)有用。所以我試著打開(kāi)風(fēng)扇，但是我還是熱的。所以我試著脫下我的一些衣服，但那也不起作用。 后，我打開(kāi)空調(diào)，終于成功地幫我降溫了。我嘗試了很多東西，看看會(huì)有什么效果。

　　

　　So remember, “try to do something” is to make an effort, and “try doing something” is to experiment with different way to achieve your purpose.

　　

　　所以記住，“嘗試做某事”就是努力，而“嘗試做某事”就是用不同的方法來(lái)達(dá)到你的目的。