Question

英语问题求助。+++++

英语问题求助。+++++if you are training for marathon,you would not expect to turn up and just be able to run it如果你参加马拉松你不会期望只要一开始就有能力跑完，这句话为什么是这样子翻译？我是翻译成你不会期望开始和有能力跑完

Answer 1

你说的对，完全可以把介词短语to my mother 移到后面，而且这是正常的英语语序：主语 I, 谓语 remember, saying that we can not afford that 动名词短语作宾语, to my mother介词短语作状语。即：主语＋谓语＋宾语＋状语。