being用作非谓语动词

　　1、当being为助动词时，用作非谓语动词的being具有以下用法：

　　（1）作主语。如：

　　Being lost can be a terrifying experience. 迷路可能是一种很可怕的经历。

　　Being recognized wherever you go is the price you pay for being famous. 出名所付出的代价是不管你走到哪里，都会被人认出来。

　　（2）作宾语。

　　He can't stand being kept waiting. 让他等着，他可不干。

　　Do you like being stared at？你愿意人家盯着你看吗？

　　（3）作宾语补足语。如：

　　I saw him being taken away by the police. 我看到他正被警察带走。

　　I found myself being drawn into another dreary argument. 我发现竟然身不由己又参与了一次无聊的争论。

　　It's interesting（for children）to see a house being built. （孩子们）看造房子是挺有趣的事。

　　（4）作定语。如：

　　Did you see that boy being questioned by the police？你看见那个男孩受到警察的盘问了吗？

　　We are going to reduce the number of trees being cut down. 我们要减少砍伐的树的数量。

　　（5）作状语。如：

　　Being given a chance，she immediately jumped at it. 给了她这个机会，她立刻抓住了。

　　Being well taken care of，she recovered quickly. 她受到很好的照顾，身体恢复得很快。

　　注：有时being可带有自己的逻辑主语（构成独立主格结构）。如：

　　The question being settled，we went home. 问题解决之后，我们就回家了。

　　2、当being为连系动词时，用作非谓语动词的being具有以下用法：

　　（1）作主语。如：

　　Being tired often makes me short-tempered. 我一累就容易发脾气。

　　Being deaf and dumb makes communication very difficult. 又聋又哑很难与人交往。

　　（2）作宾语。如：

　　I don't like being in the office all day. 我不喜欢整天呆在办公室里。

　　You can be alone without being lonely. 你可以独处而不感到寂寞。

　　（3）作宾语补足语。如：

　　He said it to stop her being too proud. 他说这话是想要她不要太骄傲。

　　I'm sorry to see you being so sad about it. 看到你对这事这样伤心，我很难过。

　　She complains of the room being too small for her. 她埋怨房间太小了。

　　（4）作状语。如：

　　Being anxious to please him，I bought him a nice present. 因为我想讨好他，我给他买了一件好礼物。

　　Being unemployed，he hasn't got much money. 由于他没有工作，他没有多少钱。

　　（5）用于独立主格结构。如：

　　It being a holiday，all the shops were shut. 由于是假日，所有商店都关门了。

　　The weather being hot，we had to stay at home. 由于天气炎热，我们只好呆在家里。

　　There being no further business，l declare the meeting closed. 没有再要讨论的事了，我宣布散会。

　　Other things being equal，Alice would marry Jim. 如果其他条件都一样的话，爱莉丝就会嫁给吉姆。