Module 5 Ethnic CultureSection 2 The Analysis of the Difficult Sentences from Module 5 Ethnic Culture1
The old town is on the side of a mountain and opposite it is the 5500-metre Yulong Xueshan Mountain, its peak covered with snow
古城依山而建,对面是海拔 5500 米的玉龙雪山,山峰被积雪覆盖
its peak covered with snow 独立主格结构作伴随状语
可以看作是省略了 with 的独立主格结构
以下就这一结构举些例子来说明
1) (with)+n
The workforce is made up of 400 workers, (with) most of them women
2) (with)+n
The street wet and slippery, we had to ride our bikes slowly and carefully
3) (with)+n
The meeting over, we returned to the classroom
4) (with)+n
-phrase The old man sat on the chair, with a pipe in his mouth/pipe in mouth
(当介词后的名词表示身体的某个部位时,可省略修饰成分)5) (with)+n
+to do/to be done (表示将来动作) The sports meeting to be held next week, we must get read