商务英语写作辅导：什么情况下“to”可以加动词-ing形式（一）

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　　EX. I look forward to talking to you on Friday afternoon.
        　　例句：我期待下周五与你的谈话。
        　　As the example above shows, sometimes it is correct to use “to” plus the
–ing form of a verb.
        　　从例句里我们可以看到，有时“to”也可以加动词-ing形式。
        　　Many non-native English speakers are reluctant to use –ing after “to”.
Maybe this is because you learnt at school that after “to” a verb should always
be in the infinitive.
        　　许多非英语国家的人都不喜欢在“to”后面加动词-ing形式。这可能是因为你们学校里的老师告诉你们“to”后面一般都跟动词不定式。
        　　This is only half true. “To” actually has two uses – EITHER as an
infinitive marker (e.g. The Company wishes to purchase the shares), OR as a
preposition (e.g. He has gone to lunch).
        　　其实不然。事实上“to”有两种用法，一种是动词不定式的标志(比如：这家公司想要收购股份。)，另一种，用作介词。(比如：他去吃饭了。)
        　　When “to” acts as a preposition it is usually followed by an –ing form
(which in this case is a gerund) or a noun/noun phrase, as in these
examples:
        　　当“to”作介词时，后面通常会跟着动词-ing形式(动名词)或者名词/名词词组，比如：
        　　EX1. There is no obstacle to registering the company.
        　　EX2. There is no obstacle to the registration of the company.
        　　例句：注册这家公司没有困难。
        　　EX1. I do not recommend committing yourself to purchasing the shares
yet.
        　　EX2. I do not recommend committing yourself to the purchase of the shares
yet.
        　　例句：我现在还不建议你去收购那些股份。
        　　EX1. I look forward to hearing from you.
        　　EX2. I look forward to your reply.
        　　例句：我期待你的回复。
        　　There are, of course, exceptions to this rule. The next post looks at
these.
        　　当然，“to”加动词-ing也有例外的时候。敬请期待下次更新。
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