基礎問題
192. 次の各文を接続詞を用いて書き換えなさい。
(1) Badly injured in the leg, he could not walk any farther.
(2) Being very old, he has a sharp hearing.
(3) Having offered a prayer, she went to bed.
(4) These explosives, not handled carefully, may blow up.
(5) Taking off his coat, he set to work.
【考え方】(１)と（４）は過去分詞を用いた分詞構文であることに注意。その前にbeingを補なって考えよ。
（高梨健吉『総解英文法』、p.504）

（解答）
(1) As he was badly injured in the leg, he could not walk any farther.
     （彼は足をひどくけがしたのでこれ以上歩けなかった）
(2) Though he is very old, he has a sharp hearing.
     （彼は犬変年をとっているけれども聴力は鋭い）
(3) After she had offered a prayer, she went to bed.
     （彼女は祈りを捧げた後就寝した）
(4) These explosives, if they are not handled carefully, may blow up.
     （これらの爆薬は、もし注意深くあつかわないと、爆発するかもしれない）
(5) He took off his coat and [he] set to work.
     （彼は上衣を脱いで仕事にとりかかった）
     (ibid, p.692)