强调结果;加上(al)though,强调让步等。
Though knowing all this, they made me pay for the damage.
尽管他们了解这一切,但还是让我赔偿损失。
[即时演练1]
(1)分析下列各句中现在分词作状语的类型
①Hearing the news, they immediately set off for the station. 时间状语
②Not knowing his address, I can't write to him.原因状语
③The child slipped and fell, hitting his head against the door.结果状语
④Living miles away, he attended the lecture.让步状语
⑤He lay in bed, reading a novel.伴随状语
⑥Using a stick, the painter drew a picture on the ground in ten minutes.方式状语
⑦Keeping on your feet, you will make yourself more tired.条件状语
(2)补全句子
①There is no greater pleasure than lying on my back in the middle of the grassland, staring_at_the_night_sky (凝视着夜空).
②Being_poor (因为穷), he can't afford a computer.
③(2016·北京高考改编)Newlybuilt wooden cottages line the street, turning_the_old_town_into (把老城镇变成) a dreamland.
二、现在分词作状语注意事项
1.现在分词的时态
现在分词作状语时,要注意分词的时间性,是用现在分词的一般式(doing),还是用完成式(having done)。
(1)当现在分词的动作与谓语动词的动作同时发生时,用分词的一般式。
Walking in the street, I met an old friend of mine.
我正在大街上行走时,遇到了一位老朋友。(walking和谓语动词met同时发生)
(2)当现在分词的动作先发生,而谓语动词的动作后发生时,用分词的完成式。
Having finished the letter, he went to post it.
他写完信后就把它寄了出去。(having finished是先发生的,went是后发生的)
[即时演练2] 用所给词的适当形式填空
①(2016·天津高考改编)The cooling wind swept through our bedroom windows, making (make) air conditioning unnecessary.
②Having_worked (work) for three hours, he took a rest.
③Having_lived (live) in Beijing for years, I almost know every place quite well.