2.现在分词的被动语态(being +过去分词)通常表示“正在被…”的意思。如强调现在分词表示的动作发生在谓语动词所表示的动作之前时,可用现在分词被动语态的完成式(having + been +过去分词)。
# y* E: k( a6 S% K# ^! u, p 例如:
( _% M" t1 M5 F6 x* X* ~ The bridge being built will be completed next month.正在修建的那座桥将于下月完成。
; f R7 _; ^- G. @% c Having been kept out of the room about half an hour for his returning late,Tom was let in.汤姆回来晚了,所以被关在门外半小时左右才让他进去。' o6 W- ~2 Y) Z: U3 f; {
Now let’ s do some exercises:2 X; O* I2 q W
1、用现在分词或过去分词结构改写下列句子:1 _; h0 @3 o+ l) d0 P2 l
Examples;
: g( D1 v3 G/ h4 P* ^. t! ]( ~ A student is reading a book over there. He is our monitor.
; I2 `& w$ n" k, r) ^. o ---The student reading a book over there is our monitor.$ m4 M& ?1 l. r6 T. @
I saw him. He was running for the bus.5 b6 L/ S, Q5 t/ x
---I saw him running for the bus.0 g' U7 ?# z1 ^8 Z
He sat there. He was watching the men at work9 x7 @3 f6 n$ F( d4 \" a" g! M
---He sat there watching the men at work.
7 }8 q: Y# T& G1 L4 [: v0 @ J' C Tom felt tired. He went to bed at once.% p* q3 I2 J: w ~4 R) @
---Feeling tired, Tom went to bed at once.
8 K0 G' o3 D! U6 d6 q I had worked for a long time, so I felt very tired.: n& t2 n/ a) Z0 C5 k( `% s: L1 h. H
---Having worked for a long time, I felt very tired.+ N) O& P `( ^' v3 g. T
The plan is about middle school education. It is being discussed.
: |$ g# R2 ~( Y5 a# X ---The plan being discussed is about middle school education.
' l, m8 O3 A! c, {$ v 1)The teacher is taking a walk on the playground. He is our teacher of English.
& Q/ L, }5 C" i: ?! _8 D -----The teacher taking a walk on the play ground is our teacher of English.
2 a( s V' }; L% ^: ] 2)The birds filled the air with music. They were singing in the trees.
! p8 e/ G c' M- W# j% S* S6 v -----The birds singing in the trees filled the air with music., ~1 m: S% u# F6 s M9 H3 e
3) Here is a novel. It was written b Lu Xun.
# A' a5 s- A- b0 b -----Here is a novel written by Lu Xun.: {0 ^' }/ B! j& g7 o% _$ H
4) The language is English. It is spoken in Australia.. T; x6 u1 F3 l: y; _$ Y
-----The language spoken in Australia Is English.
( w8 ~# Z" G- I/ f* \4 ~' S 5) Do you know the number of students? They are coming to the English Evening.
% ^& t- c' p# ~, G. N6 S -----Do you know the number of students coming to the English Evening?
- E; z" p* P* x 6) I could hear the boys. They were playing in the field.
3 u$ R9 Q+ b0 B% W: _+ d -----I could hear the boys playing in the field.) o X, b/ a2 u
7) He was glad to find the fire. It was burning brightly.
8 X$ w# H7 P" E$ x -----He was glad to find the fire burning brightly.1 L% S, A( a' p
8) I watched them. They were dancing.
* b* z6 Y3 U% {6 X9 Z -----I watched them dancing. |