各位老师晚上好,
我们晓得,动态动词现在分词用于被动式一般都表达进行体一样,但我在语法书上看到有2个例句,我个人认为相当于限定分句的一般体,看看能否讨论一下。
1)Being asked to give a talk, he couldn't very well refuse.这句话我个人认为转换为限定分句可以改成:Because he was asked to give a talk, he couldn't very well refuse.所以从这个意思来看,相当于限定分句的一般体。
2)Being protected by his bodyguard, he felt safe wherever he went 。这句话我个人认为转换为限定分句可以改成:Since he was protected by his bodyguard比较好,而不是转换为Since he was being protected by his bodyguard.
综合以上两句,这个貌似Being done表示的是谓语动作发生的时候,现在分词动作几乎同时发生,而并不是时候谓语动作发生的时候,现在分词动作正在发生。这种是否可以看成相当于一般体意义,而不是进行体意义呢?
反过来,Being+done作为现在分词用于定语修饰名词词组的时候,确实没发现相当于一般体的意义,都是进行体。
希望老师有时间,可以发表自己的看法,非常感谢!
按照薄冰教授的观点,Being asked to give a talk, he couldn't very well refuse. being的有无都正确,没有什么区别(薄冰《高级英语语法》有论述)。我觉得being 作为分词用句首虽然常见,但是作为现在分词的被动式用在句首在现代英语应用中人们都会尽力避免,很多母语的人认为是错的。因此以上这句常改用When being asked to ...的说法,等同于When he was (being) asked...。这种being done的用法多指动作与谓语动词动作几乎同时发生,一般可以理解为被动语态的进行式。但要注意区分,being 如果是动名词,或done是形容词不属于这种情形。
关于being done 作为现在分词被动式用于句首的问题,请参见以下两个国外英语论坛的链接供参考:
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/being-asked-for-vs-asked-for.3314063/
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/asked-being-asked.686631/
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1)Being asked to give a talk, he couldn't very well refuse.
2)Being protected by his bodyguard, he felt safe wherever he went .
因为英语的特点,叙事句还是判断句不太好分清, 所以放在过去时不方便说明,我把这两个改成现在时
1a. Being asked to give a talk, he can't very well refuse.
1b. Being protected by his bodyguard, he feels safe wherever he goes.
从句部分可以分别改为
He is asked to give a talk.
He is protected by his bodyguard.
所以这个句子的含义并不是叙事的。这种结构在论坛里边一般被叫做系表结构。
语法上的解释是这样的。我没有去语料库查,但感觉这两个应该都可以不加being,尤其是第1个不加好得多。