◇ Participle Clauses
分詞構句
提及分詞構句，常會想到是為了要省略「相同的主詞」，就如同句子：Revered for their ability to dispatch venomous snakes, catch birds, and kill rats, domestic cats became important to Egyptian religious culture.。然而當對等連接詞 ( and ) 連接二個對等子句，而二個主詞不一致時，也可以簡化成為分詞構句，其簡化過程要將對等連接詞省略，其後對等子句的主詞保留下來，語態 (voice) 是主動，則將對等子句的動詞簡化成現在分詞子句，若是被動，則將對等子句的動詞簡化成過去分詞子句。這種分詞構句也稱為獨立分詞構句，主動語態請見例句 2、後者語態請見例句 3。
Example：
1. The house was on fire, engulfed by the flames rapidly.
房子著火了，很快地被火焰所吞噬。
2. Having lived in Seattle for ten years, Joyce loves this city.
Joyce 已經居住在西雅圖十年，她很愛那座城市。
3. A strong earthquake lasted for two minutes, a few old buildings torn down in the twinkling of an eye.
一陣強烈的地震持續了兩分鐘，一些老建築瞬間就被摧毀了。
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