【词汇大师】动名词和不定式(1/2)

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        I stopped smoking VS I stopped to smoke. 这两句话的意思一样吗？对了，今天我们要讲的就是动名词和不定式。
        TIPS
        本篇还是听写嘉宾的话，主持人的话不需要听写。PS：嘉宾的话段落中引用的句子要加单引号。
        PS：给大家拜年啦！祝愿参与今天听写的沪友们新年大吉！
        主持人的话："You bought the car.
"If we have a sentence like 'I regret to inform you that you have not been accepted to the university of your choice,' that's a correct sentence. In contrast to that, if we say something like 'I regret buying that car,' that's also a correct sentence. So what's the difference? OK, with this verb, and with a few other verbs, the choice of infinitive or gerund has to do with which event happened first. If I say 'I regret buying that car,' what happened first?"
"I bought the car. And later I regretted it. Now let me give you a clearer example of that: 'I stopped smoking' versus 'I stopped to smoke.'"