三、不定詞的其他功用
5. To be honest with you, I think the food is terrible
慣用語（3）
1. To tell (you) the truth, I didn't understand a word of what he was saying.
（老實說，他說的我一個字都聽不懂。）
2. To sum up, there’s nothing but to work hard.（總之，努力就對了。）
3. To do him justice, he is quite a generous man.
（公平而論，他是個相當慷慨的人）
4. Needle to say, to err is human.（無庸置疑，人總會犯錯。）
5. To be honest with you, I think the food is terrible.
（坦白說，我認為那食物糟透了。）
注意事項
其他的片語有：
to be sure（的確）, to be brief（簡言之）, to begin with（首先）, not to mention / not to speak of / to say nothing of（更別說）, to be frank with you（坦白說）,
to put it frankly / frankly speaking（坦白說）,to make matters worse / what is worse
（更糟的是）, to make it short / to be short / in short / in brief（簡短地說）, so to speak
（可以說是）, strange to say（說來奇怪）, to our surprise（令我們驚訝的是...）等等。
【練習題】
1. _______ open-minded is essential to a happy life.
(A) To be (B) Should be (C) Ought to be (D) Must be
（心胸寬大對幸福人生來說是很重要的。）
2. ________, I don't like him. He is mean to the poor.
(A) I tell you the truth (B) I tell you honestly (C) To be honest (D) Honestly to be told
（老實說，我不喜歡他。他對窮人太苛刻。）
3. An old saying goes well, “_________”
(A) It is more blessed given than taken. (B) Given is more blessed than taken.
(C) It's more blessed giver than a poor taker. (D) It is more blessed to give than to take.
（有句諺語說得好：「施比受更有福。」）
4. We are going to have an online meeting at 9:00. Remember ________on time.
(A) showing up (B) showed up (C) to show up (D) show up
（我們九點要開個視訊會議。記得要準時出現。）
5. Janet always told her son ________ to her. However, he disappointed her.
(A) don't lie (B) didn't lie (C) not lying (D) not to lie
（珍妮特總是告訴他兒子不要說謊。然而，他讓她失望了。）
6. My father is too busy ________ dinner with us.
(A) not to have (B) never have (C) to have (D) have had
（我爸太忙了，以致於無法和我們吃晚飯。）
7. When I was young, I __________ play basketball quite well.
(A) was used to (B) used to (C) get used to (D) use to
（我年輕時，籃球打得很不錯。）
8. You had better ________ if you want to keep healthy.
(A) stop smoking (B) to stop smoking (C) not to smoke (D) stop to smoke
（你若想保持健康，最好戒菸。）
9. I will do my best to make my dream________.
(A) come true (B) to come true (C) coming true (D) coming truly
（我會盡力使夢想成真。）
10. Mrs. Potter taught my sister ________.
(A) how speaking English (B) how should speak English (C) how to speak English (D) how spoken English
（帕特老師敎我姊姊如何說英語。）
11. I admit it was foolish of me _______ what you were talking about.
(A) have not to understand (B) have to not understand (C) to not have understood (D) not to have understood
（我承認我很笨，沒能了解你說的話。）
12. It's raining hard now. I _______ to stay here for a while.
(A) cannot choose but (B) cannot help (C) have no choice but (D) cannot do nothing but
（下大雨了！我只得在這裡待一會兒。）
13. You seem ________ to the sunshine for a while. You got suntanned.
(A) to expose (B) to have been exposed (C) expose (D) exposing
（你似乎在陽光下曝曬了好一會兒。你曬黑了。）
14. Something is wrong with my computer. I’ll have it ________.
(A) repaired (B) repair (C) to repair (D) repairing
（我的電腦有點問題。我會找人來修。）
15. Whether one can live a full and rich life depends on his good health and the mental faculty _______
clearly.
(A) think (B) thinking (C) which to think (D) to think
（一個人是否可以過著豐富而充實的生活，端賴良好的健康及清晰思考的能力而定。）
16. The policeman fined the speeding driver and warned him _______ the traffic rules again.
(A) didn't violate (B) not to violate (C) to have not violated (D) not violating
（那警察罰了那個超速的駕駛人，並警告他不得再違反交通規則。）
17. Traditional letters cannot interact with each other, but with e-mail it is possible ________ parts of the original letters in the reply.
(A) included (B) include (C) including (D) to include 【88 日大】
（傳統信件無法彼此互動。但藉由電子信件，在回信中就可能包含了原信件的部份。）
18. Both coral and fish allow businessmen on the island ________ much money from scuba diving each year.
(A) earn (B) to earn (C) earning (D) earned 【96 統測】
（這些珊瑚和魚類，使得島上從事潛水生意的商人，每年都可以賺進大把鈔票。）
19. Job hunters need to know _______ to get information about a job over the telephone.
(A) how (B) what (C) that (D) it 【94 統測】
（求職者需要懂得如何透過電話知道工作的訊息。）
20. Those who have an inclination for crazy technological advances aren’t hard ________.
(A) to be pleased (B) to please (C) to be pleasing (D) to have pleased 【90 學測】
（我們不難討好那些愛好瘋狂的科技進步產品者。）
【解答】
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答案 A C D C D C B A A C D C B A D B D B A B