39.助动词be 与have
i.be作为助动词可以:
1.构成进行时态(be+现在分词)
i am seeing a friend off.
我在给一个朋友送行。
she was telling us a story.
她在给我们讲故事。
he will be leaving tomorrow.
他明天走。
what have you been doing these days?
这些时候你都在干什么?
2.构被动语态(be+过去分词):
these books were published last year.
这些书是去年山版的。
rice is grown chiefly in the south.
水稻主要在南方种植。
the houses are being rebuilt.
这些房了正在重建。
the plan has been approved.
计划业已批准。
此外还可以和不定式构成复合谓语表示打算做或应该做的事:
where are we to meet?
我们在哪里碰头?
who is to pay?
谁付钱?
you're to be back tonight.
你应今晚回来。
the worst was still to come.
最糟糕的情况还在后头。
ii.have作为助动词可以:
1.构成完成时态(have+过去分词):
what has happened?
出了什么事?
he told me jane had left.
他告诉我简已经走了。
she will have arrived by this time tomorrow.
明天这时她就会到了。
how long have you been there?
你在那里待了多久?
2.构成完成进行时态(have+been+现在分词)
we have been trying to contact you.
我们一直在想和你联系。
she has been teaching there for thirty years.
她在那里任教达三十年。
that was the book he had been looking for.
这是他一直在找的书。
另外,have (got)to还可构成谓语,表示“不得不”:
we have (got) to be careful.
我们得小心。
you don't have to worry.
你不必忧虑。