＊ Professor Higgins, an expert in phonetics，convinced that the quality of a person's English decides his her position in society．

＊ (surprised) For a pound? I'm afraid I've got nothing less.

＊ (disappointed at the outcome but thinks it is better than nothing) Thank'ou, sir (sees a man/ taking notes/ and gets worried) Hey！

＊ (still worried) Then/ why did 'ou take down my words/ for? 2. Learning about the past participles used as the adverbials

The past participles are sometimes used as the adverbials. Look at the following examples:

＊ We went home exhausted (疲惫地). (逻辑主语we, 过去分词exhausted)

＊ Encouraged by my teacher, I decided to work hard. (逻辑主语 I，过去分词encouraged)

＊ Granted that he has enough money to buy the house, it doesn't mean he's going to do so.

＊ Told by the teacher, she knew she was wrong. (分词 told 用过去式分词表示被动)

＊ Now you are going to read the text for more examples of the past participles used as the adverbials.

3. Correcting and completing

Now you shall go on to do exercises 2 and 3 on page 33.

First you are to read the 5 sentences and correct any mistakes in them. Check with a partner.

Then read the uncompleted passage and complete it with suitable words, in the form of either the present or past participle.