Being athletic, Tom found the climb quite easy. 由于身体健壮,汤姆觉得爬山很容易。
His car broken down, he had to walk. 他的车坏了,所以只好走路。
Much discouraged, she moved on to London. 她很沮丧,搬到了伦敦。
【说明】分词(短语)用作原因状语通常可转换成由as, because, since, now that 等引导的原因状语从句,如上面三句也可转换成:
As she was very weak, she couldn’t move.
As he was athletic, Tom found the climb quite easy.
Because his car broken was down, he had to walk.
Because she was much discouraged, she moved on to London.
请看下面的例题:
(1) ______ with so much trouble, we failed to complete the task on time.
A. Faced B. Face C. Facing D. To face
【分析】答案选A。现在分词短语faced with so much trouble可转换成原因状语从句because we were faced with so much trouble。
(2) ______ for the breakdown of the school computer network, Alice was in low spirits. (2006福建卷)
A. Blaming B. Blamed C. To blame D. To be blamed
【分析】答案选B。现在分词短语blamed for the breakdown of the school computer network可转换成原因状语从句because she was blamed for the breakdown of the school computer network。