拼车可以减少用于日常通勤的私车的数量，减少空气污染，使用拼车专行道从而可以节省时间，而乘车人也有了可支配的时间，用来阅读、睡觉、工作和谈话。对于不开车的员工来说，拼车也是解决通勤问题的可行之道。

通过电脑匹配的方式，可以让有相似通勤模式和偏好的人更容易寻找到共同的乘车人，从而鼓励人们拼车。

在以上五点内容中，前两点是与动名词的复合结构在句中所充当的成分有关，后三点则是与动名词的逻辑主语本身的构成有关。

5.5.3　动名词复合结构的用法

这种结构常在句中作主语或宾语。请看例句：

一、用作主语

1　Tom's coming home at last was a great consolation.

2　The young leading the young, is like the blind leading the blind; "They will both fall into the ditch." The only sure guide is he who has often gone the road which you want to go. Let me be that guide, who have gone all roads, and who can consequently point out to you the best.

二、用作动词的宾语

3　Do you mind my making a suggestion?

4　Would you mind Tom's telling us the whole story?

5　As an alternative to using a single-occupancy vehicle, carpooling involves two to five commuters sharing a vehicle. The more people in a carpool, the greater the savings. Depending on the arrangements made, one person can do all the driving and be reimbursed by the riders.

6　Can you imagine a European television station putting a Pakistani immigrant family on television and asking if they'd learned to use a knife and fork yet?

三、用作介词的宾语

7　Our discussion of earthquakes would be incomplete if we didn't raise the possibility of their being caused by external forces.

8　Clint insisted on my reading the letter.

9　What are the chances of a sleepwalker's committing a murder or doing something else extraordinary in his sleep?

10　When I was a child, I would take a flashlight to bed with me so that I could read comic books without my parents' knowing about it.

思维总结

本节讨论了动名词的复合结构，即有关动名词的逻辑主语问题，是动名词的重点内容之一。建议读者重点掌握5.5.1和5.5.2小节。

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