英語小天使說：V + V-ing 與 V + to V 意義不同
stop As soon as I walked in, they stopped talking. 我一進去，他們就停止說話。 The doctor wanted my father to stop smoking. 醫生要我父親戒煙。 If you don’t stop crying, I’ll give you a beating. … 更多 你再繼續哭，我就打你。 I felt thirsty, so I stopped to buy a bottle of mineral water.
我渴了，因此停下來買一瓶礦泉水。 My legs were so sore that I stopped to take a rest.
我腿好酸，因此停下來休息一會兒。 Patty stopped reading the newspaper to turn on the television.
Patty放下正在看的報紙去開電視。 The taxi driver hit a girl, but he didn’t stop to take her to the hospital.
計程車駕駛撞上一個女孩，但他沒有停下來把她送到醫院去。 更多關於英文的用法，請多多利用教育電臺有聲資料庫查詢~
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