8.11 begin(start) doing/to do
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 begin / start to do sth
 begin / start doing sth.

1) 談及一項(xiàng)長期活動或開始一種習(xí)慣時(shí),使用doing.
  How old were you when you first started playing the piano?
  你幾歲時(shí)開始彈鋼琴?
2) begin, start用進(jìn)行時(shí)時(shí),后面動詞用不定式to do
  I was beginning to get angry。
  我開始生起氣來。
3) 在attempt, intend, begin, start 后接know, understand, realize這類動詞時(shí),常用不定式to do。
  I begin to understand the truth。
  我開始明白真相。
4) 物作主語時(shí)
  It began to melt.