他跑回来告诉我这个消息。
We visited a number of cities,traveling by train.
我们坐火车访问了好多城市。
5.作伴随状语。表示伴随的次要动作或补充说明,相当于一个并列谓语。
Every evening they sat on the sofa,reading books.
=Every evening they sat on the sofa,and read books.
他们每天晚上坐在沙发上读书。
I stood by the door,not daring to say a word.
=I stood by the door,and didn't dare to say a word.
我站在门旁,一句话也不敢说。
6.作让步状语。一般放在句首,常常由although/though,while,even if/though等连词引入。
Although repeating his words many times,the teacher could not make her understand what he meant.
尽管重复了很多遍,老师仍无法让她理解自己的意思。
While achieving great achievements,he is very modest.虽然取得了很大的成就,但他很谦虚。
7.作结果状语(表示自然而然的结果,不定式短语作结果状语表示事与愿违的结果)。置于句末,前面经常加so,thereby,thus,hence等表示结果的副词。
He worked day and night,thus making himself nearsighted.他日夜工作,结果造成眼睛近视。
The fire lasted nearly a month,leaving nothing valuable.
大火持续了将近一个月,几乎没剩下什么有用的东西。
注意:(1)现在分词作状语时除了可以表示上述情况外,还可表示补充说明。
Please hand in your homework,writing down your name and your number.
请交上你们的家庭作业,写上姓名和学号。
(2)一般说来,分词(短语)作状语,它的逻辑主语应与句子的主语一致,但事实上有少数特殊情况。
①当句子中含有主语it或there时,有时用作状语的分词短语的逻辑主语可以与句子的主语不一致。
Having so little time,there was not much that I could do.
由于时间很少,我能做的事情很有限。
②当分词已转化成为介词或连词,此时也无需考虑主语一致问题。