内容正文:
Knowing me, knowing you
Book 3 Unit 1
B3U1
Using language
-ed as adverbial
Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions.
Who was disappointed in sentence (a)?
What is approached in sentence (b)?
Activity 1
a Disappointed by his behaviour, I said all this to my best friend.
b Approached in this way, your friendship will soon be repaired.
Both “disappoint” and “approach” are actions done to the subjects,
because -ing is used when the action is done by the subject of the sentence, while -ed is used when the action is done to the subject of the sentence.
-ed as adverbial
Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions.
Why does the author choose to use -ed instead of an adverbial clause in the reading passage?
Activity 1
a Disappointed by his behaviour, I said all this to my best friend.
b Approached in this way, your friendship will soon be repaired.
c Because I was disappointed by his behaviour, I said all this to my best friend.
d If it is approached in this way, your friendship will soon be repaired.
Because -ed makes the sentences shorter and sound more formal as written language.
More examples
1. 被如此对待,你一定感到很受伤。
Treated this way, you’re sure to feel hurt.
2. 充满愤怒时,你总是想到什么说什么了。
Filled with anger, you tend to say whatever comes to your mind.
过去分词作状语的用法
1. 过去分词作时间状语(相当于时间状语从句)。
Seen from the hill, the village looks more beautiful.
(= When it is seen from the hill, the village looks more beautiful.)
2. 过去分词作原因状语(相当于原因状语从句)。
Confused by the stones flying at them from all sides, the boys ran into the building.
(= Because they were confused by the stones flying at them from all sides, the boys ran into the building.)
过去分词作状语的用法
3. 过去分词作条件状语(相当于条件状语从句)。
Given more time and support, we could have done it better.
(= If we were given more time and support, we could have done it better.)
如果当时给我们更多的时间和支持,我们会做得更好。
4. 过去分词作让步状语(相当于although/though引导的让步状语从句)。
Attacked many