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英文大考常考題 – 27  [ find + 受詞 + 受詞補語 ]

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… In order to gain happiness, Tal Ben-Shahar says we must ask ourselves three questions.  First, what is most meaningful to us?  Second, ________ do we find pleasurable?  Third, what are our talents? …

(A) how          (B) can        (C) why        (D) what

這題答案是 (D)。  (三民書局英文四自學手冊B – p.85)

這題的重點是句型– [ find + 受詞 + 受詞補語 ]。

1.   [ find ]這個動詞可以當及物動詞，也可以當不及物動詞，這題的重點就是不及物動詞[ find ]的句型[ find + 受詞 + 受詞補語 ]。它的句型詳細如下：

      1)   find + sth or sb + adj 

            a)   Although Kyle is good at Chinese, he finds it boring.

            b)   After I got back from school, I found Mom busy preparing dinner for us.

      2)   find + sth or sb + p.p.

            a)   They didn’t show up before noon.  Finally, we found them stuck in traffic.

      3)   find + sth or sb or oneself + verb-ing 

            a)   Our children didn’t play in the living room.  We found them watching TV in our room.

      4)   find + sth or sb + to verb

            a)   The poor kids couldn’t find anything to eat.

      5)   find + sth or sb + preposition 

            a)   This afternoon, I filled up the tank with gas and found the price up 10%.

            b)   My mom and I went to the supermarket to buy ice cream and found the price down $10.

      6)   find + sth or sb + noun

            a)   Johnny’s friend found him a very nice second-hand iPod.

            b)   Burton’s dad finds him a nice-looking bike made by Giant.     

      這題使用的句型是[ find + sth or sb + adj ]，它的直述句可以是[ We find going shopping pleasurable. ]，而改成疑問句就是[ What do we find pleasurable? ]。