It’s hard to do sth与It’s

问题描述

老师说 It’s hard to do sth也可换成 it’s hard doing sth，前者是不定式作真正的主语，后者是动名词作真正的主语。比如：
It’s hard to finish the work in such a shgort time.
= It’s hard finishing the work in such a short time.
我想知道，除 hard 还有哪些词语可以这样用，即前面用 it 作形式主语，后面可用不定式或动名词来作真正的主语。感谢老师解答！

老师答疑

唐老师：

类似的用法很多，下面略举几例：

It’s an awful bore having (=to have) to meet my aunt for lunch. 要见婶婶并和她一起吃午饭是件很烦人的事。

It’s a great convenience living (=to live) next door to a post office. 住在邮局隔壁极为方便。

It’s difficult carrying (=to carry) such heavy loads in the thin airof the mountains. 山里空气稀薄，带这么重的东西非常吃力。

It’s rough being (=to be) a single parent. 作为单亲是不容易的。

It was agony not knowing (=not to know) if she would live. 不知道她能不能活下来，真是令人揪心。

It’s hard enough earning (=toearn) a living without having to pay all this money for insurance. 不要说还要把这些钱拿去买保险，单单挣钱糊口就已经够困难的了。

It was hardwork stripping (=to strip) the old wallpaperoff. 那些旧墙纸很不容易揭掉。

It will be awkward getting (=to get) cars in and out. 这样汽车就不好进出了。

It was quite an experience being (=to be) involved in making a televisionprogramme. 参与制作一个电视节目是不寻常的经历。

It’s all right working(=to work) with him, but living with him would be a different matteraltogether. 跟他一起工作还行，但与一起私生活则完全是另外一回事。

黎老师：

It’s hard to finish the work in such a shgort time.
=It’s hard finishing the work in such a short time.
这两个句子没有区别。