There be句型的特殊用法

there be 句型的几种特殊结构及其用法

There be句型是英语中应用很广泛的一个句型，它表示某地存在有某物，而不是某人有某物。There be句型中的be为系动词，有人称、数和时态的变化。be的人称、数的变化由be后面的名词或代词（第一个）决定，否定形式把not放在be之后，疑问形式把not放在句首，这是There be 句型的一般知识。然而，There be句型的特殊形式是考试中的一个重点，也是同学们学习中的一个难点。本文就There be句型的特殊用法做一小结。

一、There be句型和情态动词连用，其结构是“There + 情态动词+ be”，表示说话人对某地存在有某物的看法和态度

如：There may be tigers in the forest.

There can’t be any money left in the box.

二、There be句型中be的被live、stand、lie、run等词替代，往往形象、准确地表示某地存在有某物

如：Once upon a time, there lived an old hunter in a lonely village.

There stands a high building on the lake.

There runs a beautiful river in the city.

There remains nothing more to be done．

There stands the Monument to the People's Heroes at the center of the Tian'anmen Square．There exist different opinions on this question．

三、there be句型中的谓语动词be被be likely to be，happen to be，seem（to be），occur, follow 等代替，用来描写事物。例如：

There are likely to be more difficulties than they have been prepared for．

There happened to be nobody in the room．

There doesn't seem to be much hope of our beating that team ．

There have occurred many great changes since we met last．

There followed a heated discussion after class．

四、There be句型和现在分词、不定式连用，其结构是“There + being”或“There + to be”，此时，There be 结构不是一个独立的句子，而是一个句子成分，在句中往往作主语、宾语和状语

如：There being no money then, we had to walk home.（状语）

There being no further business，the chairman closed the meeting．（状语）

The students expected there to be more reviewing classes before the final exams．（宾语）

Have you ever thought of there being so much work for you？（宾语）

No one had told him anything about there being a beautiful story about the lake．（宾语）

John was relying on there being another opportunity．（宾语）

There being a bus stop so near the house is a great advantage．（主语）

例： 1. Ann never dreams of _________ for her to be sent abroad very soon．A）there to be a chance B）there being a chance

C）there be a chance D）being a chance

2. No one had told Smith about ____ a lecture the following day．

A）there be B）there would be C）there was D）there being

五、"there be no ＋主语名词"的习惯用法。

1．V-ing分词在"there be no"结构中作主语，表示"不可能"、"无法"。

There is no denying the fact that China is still a developing country．

2．there is no point ＋V-ing分词，表示"没有必要"，"无用"，"没有意义"，"没有用处"。We are disappointed with the new officer elected in our bridge club，but there is no point worrying about it．

3．there is no use ＋V-ing分词，表示"无用"，"没有意义"，"没有用处"。

There is no use advising him to give up smoking．

4．there is no good ＋V-ing分词，表示"无用"，"没有意义"，"没有用处"，"没有益处"。There is no good discussing the matter with such a fool．

六、在由"there be ＋主语名词"引起的句子中，用来修饰主语的分词或分词短语在意思上相当于一个定语从句。例如：

There were 200 children studying（＝who were studying）music，dancing，or dramatics．

Is there anything planned（＝that has been planned）for tonight？