By compared with similar forms in English, difficulty of understanding Chinese Resultative structures may be reduced in teaching Chinese as a foreign language to students with English background.

• 尽管英语的结果构式不具有能产性,使用频率远不能与汉语述结式相比,但二者极为相似的语义和用法无疑是我们在教学实践中帮助学生理解汉语述结式的一个突破口。