把它弄糟的。
我记得当我在课堂上讲到这一点时,有一位学生马上问我:“To be or not to be, that is the question. (是生存还是毁灭? 这是问题之所在。)这个句子为什么重复使用 to 呢?”
我引用了Curme的观点：当几个结构相同的动词不定式连用而表示对比或进行强调时，人们常常重复使用to。例如：
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It was better to laugh than to cry. 笑比哭好。
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I haven't decided to go home or to stay at school this summer. 我还没有决定今年夏天是回家还是留在学校里。
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I had meant to have visited Paris and to have returned to London before my father arrived from America. (Curme) 我本想在我的父亲从美国到达这里之前访问一下巴黎再返回伦敦。
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I limited myself to two modest ambitions: to do physical exercises every morning and to read more of an evening. (New Concept English, Book 3, L. 50) 我定了两项切实可行的措施: 每早进行体育锻炼, 每晚多看一些书。
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If you expressed doubt or surprise, he would immediately invite you to smell it and then to rub some into your skin. (New Concept English, Book 3, L. 52) 倘若你流露出怀疑或惊讶的神情，他会立即请你闻一闻，并随即在你皮肤上涂上一点儿。
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I stopped to let the car cool off and to study the map. (New Concept English, Book 3, L.57) 我停下汽车，让它冷却，并仔细查阅地图。
请做下面的英语试题：
The purpose of new technologies is to make life easier, ____ it more difficult. A. not make B. not to make C. not making D. do not make(全国高考,99-21)