今天 你的英语“在用”了吗？

如果要用一个字来形容最近的天气，那一定是“热”。

烈日炎炎，热浪滚滚，出门都需要勇气，否则便会“出门五分钟，出汗两小时”。

说到夏天，除了“酷暑难耐”，你还会想到什么呢？

是让人大快朵颐的冰镇西瓜和棒冰？

还是夜晚路边的烧烤和啤酒？

是惬意的海边沙滩度假？

还是屋外小树林悠扬而热烈的蝉鸣？

是童年记忆里吱吱作响的风扇？

还是那夏日必备的Six God香水？

是来得快去得也快的雷阵雨？

还是夏日骤雨里清新的栀子花？

夏天是一个生机盎然的季节，也是一个热情洋溢的季节，每个人对夏天都有着不同的感受与记忆，国外作品中也有很多与夏天相关的描写，下面我们就一起看看国外作家眼中绚烂多彩的夏天吧~

升腾的热浪永远是夏天绕不开的话题

The morning heat had already soaked through the walls, rising up from the floor like a ghost of summers past.

—Erik Tomblin, Riverside Blues

阳光明媚，绿树成荫，满眼的绿意蕴含着勃勃生机。

And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.

—F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

夏日的空气中总是弥漫着馥郁的花草香气

In the long dusks of summer we walked the suburban streets through scents of maple and cut grass, waiting for something to happen.

―Steven Millhauser, Dangerous Laughter

It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.

―Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy and Tib

闷热午后的阵阵蝉鸣，是夏天正确的打开方式之一

Again and again, the cicada"s untiring cry pierced the sultry summer air like a needle at work on thick cotton cloth.

―Yukio Mishima, Runaway Horses: The Sea of Fertility, 2

六月风景美如画：晴空万里，湖面波光粼粼，青草地在微风中起伏…

The castle grounds were gleaming in the sunlight as though freshly painted; the cloudless sky smiled at itself in the smoothly sparkling lake, the satin-green lawns rippled occasionally in a gentle breeze: June had arrived.

―J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

斑驳的影子给宁静的夏夜增添了几分神秘感

The summer night was settling upon the neighborhood like a dark lace veil, casting dappled shadows on the roofs and sidewalks and lawns.

―Victoria Kahler, Luisa Across the Bay

细心的你有没有发现，上面这些描写中多处涉及到现在分词（-ing）的用法。

1. 现在分词作定语

表明某人或某物在特定的时间正在进行的行为：

Do you know the woman talking to Tom? (the woman is talking to Tom)

Police investing the crime are looking for three men. (police are investing the crime)

也可用来表示一般性的事实：

The road connecting the two villages is very narrow. (the road connects the two villages)

I have a large room overlooking the garden. (the room overlooks the garden)

2. 现在分词作状语

常用来表示所描述事件的时间、原因或结果：

Opening her eyes, the baby began to cry.

(= When she opened her eyes…)

Having completed the book, he had a holiday. (完成时；= When/Because he had completed…)

现在分词结构中暗含的主语（即已知但未明确指出的主语）通常和主句中的主语是相同的：

Arriving at the party, we saw Ruth standing alone. (= When we arrived…we saw…)

after, before, besides, by, in, on, since, through, while, with和without等介词可以和现在分词连用表示状语意义：

While understanding her problem, I don’t know how I can help. (Although I understand…)

After spending on much money on the car, I can’t afford a holiday.

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