For this month, the Grammar and Composition section will present to you more in detail about participles, which I believe is definitely important for anyone who intends to complete a higher level writing.

現在分詞: 與 過去分詞: V-ed(過去分詞), V-ing(現在分詞) 都可作形容詞，差別在於前者有被動含意，後者則有主動含意。
例：1. Linda is interested in reading comic books. (對...感到興趣)
___-2. Jacky is an interesting person. Everyone likes to be his friend. (有趣的)

分詞當形容詞使用：

be interested in：對…感到興趣。
例： My daughter is interested in love story movies.

be interesting ( to 人)：…對 (人) 來說，令人感到有興趣。
例 ：Love story movies are interesting to my daughter.

be bored with：對…感到厭煩。
例 ：He's bored with eating the same food for breakfast every morning.

be boring ( to 人)：…對 (人) 來說，令人感到厭煩。
例 ：It is boring to him to eat the same food for breakfast every morning.

be excited about：對…感到興奮。
例： Those people were excited about the baseball game on Sunday.

be exciting ( to 人)：…對 (人) 來說，令人感到興奮。
例 ：The baseball game on Sunday was exciting to those people.

be surprised at：對…感到驚訝。
例 ：Mr. Liu is surprised at his son's high grades on the math test.

be surprising (to 人)：…對 (人) 來說，令人感到有趣。
例 ：Mr. Liu's son's high grades on the math test are surprising to Mr. Liu.

be tired of：對…感到厭倦、厭煩。
例 ：She's tired of practicing playing the piano every day.

be tiring( to 人)：…對 (人) 來說，令人感到厭倦。
例: It is tiring to her to practice playing the piano every day.

現在分詞例句如下:
Sitting in his office, the President called the Vice-president.
Sitting in his office is a participial phrase that modifies the noun, President.?In his office is a prepositional phrase modifying the participle, sitting, and answers the question, "where sitting?".?Thus, it is an adverb prepositional phrase.

Fearing failure, the student was very anxious about the test.
Fearing failure is the participial phrase modifying student.?Failure is the direct object of the participle, fearing, and answers the question, "fearing what?"

進階現在分詞例句如下:
"God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
"Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing."

進階過去分詞例句如下:
"One January day, thirty years ago, the little town of Hanover, anchored on
a windy Nebraska tableland, was trying not to be blown away.

"I believe in broken, fractured, complicated narratives, but I believe in
narratives as a vehicle for truth, not simply as a form of entertainment."

現在大家試試下列練習 : (請指出分詞及其修飾的名詞或代名詞)
1. Working in the lab, the scientist created a robot.
2. Early films were still pictures projected on a wall.
3. Moving pictures came later.
4. Food sealed in cans was given to the campers.
5. Quickly frozen food is necessary to preserve the freshness.

答案如下:
分詞?修飾的名詞或代名詞
1. Working in the lab.........................scientist
2. projected on a wall.........................pictures
3. moving (only a participle here)......pictures
4. sealed in cans....................................food
5. Quickly frozen....................................food

For additional information, please take a look at the following website, where you’ll find flashes illustrating the definition and usage of both Present Participles and Past Participles. Certainly exercises are also provided.

額外參考資料可上下列網址
http://www.gaokao.net.cn/pocket/flash/jfl_xdgq.swf