Section_ⅢGrammar- 动词­ing形式作表语、定语和宾语补足语

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　　探究发现

　　①You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing ...

　　②Such training was common in acting families at this time ...

　　③He could mime and act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks.

　　④...his subtle acting made everything entertaining.

　　⑤He grew more and more popular as his charming character, the little tramp, became known throughout the world.

　　⑥How did the little tramp make a sad situation entertaining?

　　⑦The acting is so convincing that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted!

　　[我的发现]

　　(1)动词­ing形式作表语的句子为⑦。

　　(2)动词­ing形式作定语的句子为②③⑤。

　　(3)动词­ing形式作补语的句子为①④⑥。

　　(4)比较句②和句③，可以看出单个现在分词作定语时要放在它所修饰的名词前面；现在分词短语作定语时要放在它所修饰的名词后面。

　　一、动词­ing形式作表语

　　作表语的动词­ing形式包括现在分词和动名词。

　　1．现在分词作表语，往往具有形容词的性质，说明主语的性质、特征等。作表语的现在分词，许多是由能够表示人们某种感情或情绪的动词变化而来的。常见的有：moving, interesting, encouraging, exciting, inspiring, boring, surprising, puzzling, amusing, astonishing ...这类分词有"令人......的"的含义，常修饰物。

The argument is very convincing.