在用法上具有“介词”性质，当然了，它本身是一个形容词，用于短语be worth （doing）sth。
比如：the book， jin ping mei， is a wonderful novel in china’s ancient novel history and it is definitely worth reading.
《金瓶梅》这本书是中国古代小说史上一尊不朽的丰碑，非常值得一读。
所以worth的用法主要是be worth （doing）sth。
worthy用作定语来修饰“人”或者“事业”等抽象名词，比如：ximen qing leads a worthy life.
西门庆过着有价值的生活。
worthy用作表语的时候，后面可以接被动语态的动词不定式，或介词 of 加名词或被动语态的动名词。举例：
i don’t think the book jin ping mei is worthy of being bought.
我不认为《金瓶梅》这本书值得购买。
再来一句be worthy to be done的：
what is worth doing at all is worthy to be done well，for example，jin ping mei is worth reading.
值得做的事情就值得做的很好，比如，《金瓶梅》就值得读。
所以，对于高中学子而言，worthy的用法记住“be worthy of being done”或者“be worthy of to be done”，当然了，《金瓶梅》不要读。
这个单词很好记，它后面加不定式或者动名词，记住这个词组：it is worthwhile to do/doing.
举例子：it wasn’t worthwhile to continue reading the book，jin ping mei.
不值得读《金瓶梅》这本书。
或者这句话可以改成：it wasn’t worthwhile continuing reading the book，jin ping mei.
以上，worth、worthwhile、worthy的用法记住了吗？记住了，咱们看一道题：
the ________ soldier said it was ________ to give up his rest time to save more people caught in the earthquake.
a. worth; worthy b. worthy; worthwhile
c. worthwhile; worth d. worthy; worthy
正确答案是什么呢？
正确答案是b。
怎么样，你做对了吗？
咱们再总结一下：
worth：be worth doing
worthy：be worthy of being done 或者be worthy to be done
worthwhile:be worthwhile to do/doing sth
学会了吗？
