"stop(try) to do something" and "stop(try) doing something"

I listent lesson 30 and 31 of "美音听力与发音小技巧"(America English Listening Ability And Pronouncing Skills?) this morning.

stop to do something: stop one thing in order to do something else. 停下来去做某件事

stop doing something: not to do that anymore. 不再做某件事

try to do something: to make an affort to do it 尽力去做某件事

try doing something: to experiment with a new or different approach to see if it works. 为达到一定的目的，试一试不同的方法，看能不能实现目的，(try doing something to see if reach the goal)

below is an article copy from a senior's blog:

come from：http://blog.hjenglish.com/melodious/archive/2005/03/28/27951.aspx

【美音听力与发音小技巧】第三十一期（try的用法）（已奖励）

第三十一期新鲜出炉！（本栏目还剩下两期哦，明天周日还是暂停一天^^）

由于每期讲座侧重点都有所不同，请大家仔细看作业要求此外依旧鼓励大家听写文本或写下自己的体会总结，表现优秀者将在栏目结束后统一进行奖励

注：以前有听友提出抗议的“Taiwanese”这个词今天又在材料中出现了。由于这是台湾的栏目，可能在立场上存在一些问题，希望大家不要太在意。

Today's tip: try to do 和 try doing

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布置一下作业：

1.请回答下面的问题：

What’s the difference between “I tried to open the window” and “I tried opening the window”?

2.请用try to do 和 try doing 各造一个句子。

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（注：以下是我听写出来的内容，疏漏之处在所难免，大家如发现错误请发短消息告诉我，以便及时更改）

Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Today’s tip is on the difference in meaning between “try to do something” and “try doing something”.

“try” plus an infinitive, that is, “to” plus a verb, such as “try to learn” “try to open” “try to read” means to make an effort to do it. “try” plus a gerund, that is, verb-ing, such as “try opening”, “try turning on”, “try giving” means to experiment with a new or different approach to see if it works.

Let’s look at some examples. “I’m trying to learn Taiwanese.” This means I’m making an effort to do it. I’m taking a Taiwanese class, doing my homework and speaking in Taiwanese whenever I can. Here’s another example. “I tried to open the window.” This sentence means I pulled the window up, but it did not go up, so I pushed the window up, but it still did not open. I made an effort to open the window, but I could not open it. On the other hand, “I tried opening the window” means that I did open the window and that I opened it for a reason. I was hot and I wanted to cool off. I tried opening the window, but that didn’t help. So I tried turning on the fan, but I was still hot. So I tried taking off some of my clothes, but that didn’t work either. Finally, I turned on the air conditioner, and that finally succeeded in helping me cool off. I experimented with many things to see what would work.

So remember, “try to do something” is to make an effort, and “try doing something” is to experiment with different way to achieve your purpose. This has been today’s daily tip on learning English. Tune in tomorrow for another tip.

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posted on 2005-03-28 13:04 melodious 阅读(4982) 评论(8)  编辑 收藏 网摘收藏

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# re: 【美音听力与发音小技巧】第三十一期（try的用法）（已奖励）

2005-03-29 13:46 | ball

that is good!tks

tried to open the window means "当时我想要去打开窗户的一种想法。"

i'm tried openning the window means"我当时开窗户的一个过程。"

last year i tried to work in a company.

after two weeks i'm working in the company.

 

# re: 【美音听力与发音小技巧】第三十一期（try的用法）（已奖励）

2005-06-16 21:46 | zhuyibo

I tried to open the window.我尝试着去打开窗户。结果和目的是什么并未言明。

I tried opening the window……我试图打开窗户以达到什么目的，而结果就是窗户被打开了。

这两者区别在于一个带有目的性的去完成一件事（后者），另一个只是单纯的尝试着去做成一件事（前者）。

 

# re: 【美音听力与发音小技巧】第三十一期（try的用法）（已奖励）

2005-08-03 18:01 | wendy lee

I tried to open the window,我就是想打开窗户，目的明确。I tried opening the window,我想达到另一个目的，而必需要去打开窗。开窗不是最终的目的。

I tried to open the door.

I tried opening the door,Because my bike is in it.

 

# re: 【美音听力与发音小技巧】第三十一期（try的用法）（已奖励）

2005-08-08 23:35 | tzh005

I tried to open the window, the sentence means I just want to open the window and make effort to do it.

I tried opening the window, the sentence means that opening the window for other reasons.

I tried to learn English.

I tried learning English for doing better in the work.

 

# re: 【美音听力与发音小技巧】第三十一期（try的用法）（已奖励）

2005-12-12 02:07 | zhangshiwen

i think try to do means you know it is difficult and you probably fail,trying doing means you may succeed.

 

# re: 【美音听力与发音小技巧】第三十一期（try的用法）（已奖励）

2005-12-12 02:08 | wen

there are difference ,but sometimes people just mix it up

 

# re: 【美音听力与发音小技巧】第三十一期（try的用法）（已奖励）

2005-12-12 02:10 | wen

i think try to do means you know it is difficult and you probably fail,trying doing means you may succeed.

 

# re: 【美音听力与发音小技巧】第三十一期（try的用法）（已奖励）

2006-05-23 12:15 | du

good

 

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