【问】 (1) “You haven’t gotten the textbook for my chemistry course yet. ” “I know，and we____to get it for the last five weeks.”
 A. will have been trying B. will be trying
 C. had tried D. have been trying (TOEFL，73. 3)
 (2) “How did James Bond escape from the locked confine?”
 “Oh，you know he always manages____a tight situation.”
 A. to get out of B. getting out of
 C. to have got him out of D. in getting out of (TOEFL，73.3)
 try和manage都可译作“设法”、“试图”。这是否意味着try to do与manage to do在用法和意义上没有什么区别?
 【答】 try to do是指“试图做某事”，至于是否做成了某事，它是管不着的。例如：
 1. He is trying to give up smoking.
 他在试图(设法)戒烟。
 2. They tried to prevent the plane from landing on the runway. (CGEL)
 他们企图阻止这架飞机在跑道上降落。
 try to do常用于“试图做某事，但没有做成”的场合。
 1. He tried to get the material，but failed.
 他试图弄到那些材料，但没有成功。
 2. We tried to stop him smoking in bed but he would do it. (PEG).
 我们大家试图阻止他在床上吸烟，但他就是不听。
 3.见try to do/try doing条中的例句。
 manage to do表示“(设法)做成某事”，它总是含有“成功”、“办成”的意思。
 1. They managed to fulfil the task ahead of time.
 他们设法提前完成了任务。
 2. It was very dirty，but he managed to clean it. (Wilde)
 那个东西很脏，但是他设法把它擦干净了。
 3. How he managed to find us is beyond me. (EED)
 我不明白他到底是怎样找到我们的。