Period Four Grammar-The Past Participle (3) as the Adverbial
感知以下课文原句,完成方框下的小题
1.Hit by a lack of fresh air,my head ached.
2.Described as an enormous round plate,it spins slowly in space to imitate the pull of the earth's gravity.=It was described as an enormous round plate and it spins slowly in space to imitate the pull of the earth's gravity.
3.Worried about the journey,I was unsettled for the first few days.
4.Exhausted,I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.=As I was exhausted,I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.
1.作状语用的过去分词(短语)和句子的主语之间有逻辑上的动宾关系,或称为被动关系,如例句1和例句2。但有的与逻辑主语之间不表示被动关系,如:例句3和例句4,而是表示逻辑主语的状态。
2.过去分词(短语)在句子中可以作原因状语,如例句1,3,4;作伴随情况或方式状语如例句2等。
3.由例句2和例句4可知,作状语用的过去分词(短语)可以转化成相应的并列句或状语从句。
一、过去分词作状语的类型
过去分词(短语)作状语,表示被动的或完成的动作,这时句子的主语和过去分词之间为逻辑上的被动关系。
Written in a hurry,this article was not so good.
因为写得匆忙,这篇文章不是很好。
本句中的Written in a hurry即为过去分词短语作状语,表示这篇文章是被写的,而且已经被写完。过去分词通常在句中作时间状语、原因状语、条件状语、让步状语、方式状语和伴随状语等。
1.过去分词作时间状语,在句中相当于一个时间状语从句。