大学英语： Yet few Americans really enjoy visiting with these eager

1. Yet few Americans really enjoy visiting with these eager， helpful men and women.

　　在前一单元中，我们已讲到过few 通常否定，意思是“很少的，几乎没有的”，本句中的few 同样表示否定意味。

　　动词enjoy 的后面跟名词或者动名词，不能跟动词不定式，如：

　　1)He enjoys classical music. (他喜欢古典音乐。)

　　2)She enjoys going to concerts. (她喜欢赴音乐会。)

　　3)Painting is something that Mary really enjoys doing. (画画是玛丽真正喜欢做的事。)

　　visit with 是美国用法，意思是“访问;在…处做客、逗留”，如：

　　1)She will come and visit with you for a few weeks. (她会来你这儿做客住上几个星期的。)

　　2)He hasn't visited with his uncle since 1990. (他从1990年至今没有拜访过他叔叔。)

　　eager 是一个形容词，通常用于词组 be eager to do sth.

　　1) They are eager to get the information. (他们急切地想得到那信息。)

　　2)The little boy was eager to tell his parents that he won the first prize.(那个小男孩急切地想告诉父母他得了一等奖。)