try to do和try doing傻傻分不清？

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Try to do 和 try doing 傻傻分不清？Don’t worry!

背景导入：Michael 今天没来上班，这时上司说：“试试给他打个电话，他可能在家。”

那么，上司说的这句话，用英语怎么翻译呢？

你可能会说：Try to phone Michael, he might be at home .

如果你是这样说的话，那么可能就是下面第一幅图这种场景了：

try to do和try doing傻傻分不清？

瞧一瞧，第一幅图中，打电话这件事简直如“登天”一般呐！！

try to do和try doing傻傻分不清？

应该这么说：Try phoning Michael, he might be at home.

‍‍英语辨析：

Try to do : if you use try to do , it means that what you are going to do is difficult , and you have to try very hard because you might not be able to do it. 如果你使用try to do, 意味着你准备做的事比较困难，需要你付出一定的努力，因为你有可能会办不成。

e.g.  try to walk (your leg is hurt )

        try to sleep ( there might be a noisy drum sound )

Try doing : if you use try doing, it means that it is not a difficult thing to do , you just do it and want to see what the result is.如果你try doing, 意味着这件事并不需要耗费精力，你只需要试试看并看看结果。

e.g.    This summer vacation I tried paragliding in Australia.