[语法初识]

原句感知 自主探究 1.The first thing I did was to see if there were any products that might help me, but there only seemed to be powders designed to kill snakes.

2．I placed the frozen bowl over the snakes' habitat and the ice­cubes on top of the bowl to keep it cool.

3．The next morning I carried in my hand a small net used for catching fish.

4．The criteria are so strict that it is difficult to get new ideas accepted unless they are truly novel.

5．Everybody was shocked at the news.

6．There are some faded flowers on the table.

7．The story written by a middle school student is popular in schools.

8．If you want to make yourself resp­ected, you are above all to respect others. (1)例句1、2、3、6、7中的过去分词(短语)在句中作定语。

(2)例句2、6中为单个的过去分词作定语，常常放于被修饰名词的前面；例句1、3、7中过去分词短语作定语，常常放于被修饰名词的后面。

(3)例句5中的过去分词shocked作表语。

(4)例句4、8中的过去分词accepted和respected在句中作宾语补足语，与其所修饰的中心词new ideas, yourself构成被动关系。 　　

　　[语法剖析]

语法点一 过去分词作定语 　　

　　(一)过去分词作定语时的位置

　　1．前置定语

　　一般情况下，单个过去分词作前置定语，即放在所修饰词之前。

　　The excited people (＝The people who were excited) rushed into the building.

　　激动的人们冲进大楼。

　　Lost time (＝Time which is lost) can never be found again.

　　虚度的时光无法挽回。

　　 [点津]　(1)有些过去分词表示特定含义时，单独作定语也放在所修饰的名词之后，如left(剩余的)，given(所给的)，concerned (有关的)等。

　　There are few tigers left. It is time for the departments concerned to take measures to protect them from dying out.

　　剩余的老虎不多了，是相关当局采取措施保护它们免遭灭绝的时候了。

　　(2)如果被修饰的词是由every/some/any/no与thing/body/one所构成的复合代词或指示代词those等，单个分词放在被修饰词的后面。

　　Is there anything unsolved?

还有什么没解决的吗？