◇ Participle Clauses with Adverbial Meanings
具有副詞功能的分詞構句
連接詞 (while、when、if、before、after...) 加上分詞構句的句。句型中的主詞與 be 動詞常被省略，只依原句的主動或被動，留下現在或是過去分詞。
Example：
1. While taking a bath, I heard some strange sounds coming from the attic.
當我在洗澡的時候，我聽到閣樓裡傳來一些奇怪的聲音。
2. A month after (being) unfairly dismissed, he was reinstated in his job.
在被不當解雇一個月後，他又重新返回工作崗位。
3. By writing about Spanish culture, I come to understand the country better.
藉由寫西班牙文化的文章，我漸漸地更了解了這個國家。