manhattan上不太明白的一个时态求解~~

半阙

A frightening stormhas been lashing South Padre Island, forcing Natalie and Todd to post-
pone their wedding.
(摘自manhattan)

这里为啥要用现在完成进行时呢？
manhattan后面解释说：It is present perfect because the first helping verb is has. It is the progressive version of the present perfect tense because it also includes to be as a helping verb (been).(这个又是什么意思啊？我完全不明白) Remember that an -ing word is never a working verb unless it is immediately preceded by a form of to be. （继续一头雾水。。。）求各位指教啦~~

半阙

up~~

babybearmm

Just think about it -
The storm started some time in the past, and it is still lashing today. So this is a continuous and progressive event.
(a). Something from past to present - present perfect tense
(b). Something progressive (the storm is NON-STOP) - progressive tense
Taken (a) and (b) together, "has been lashing" is the justified tense here.  

"Remember that an -ing word is never a working verb unless it is immediately preceded by a form of to be"

Here the book reminds you that -ing can serve a bunch of roles: as a noun (so-called "gerund"), an adj, a participle, ... (refer to a table in the book)
An -ing word cannot be a working verb unless it is preceded by a form of "to be", such as "is lashing" "has been lashing"

A frightening stormhas been lashing South Padre Island, forcing Natalie and Todd to post-
pone their wedding.
(摘自manhattan)

这里为啥要用现在完成进行时呢？
manhattan后面解释说：It is present perfect because the first helping verb is has. It is the progressive version of the present perfect tense because it also includes to be as a helping verb (been).(这个又是什么意思啊？我完全不明白) Remember that an -ing word is never a working verb unless it is immediately preceded by a form of to be. （继续一头雾水。。。）求各位指教啦~~

-- by 会员 半阙 (2012/3/16 21:03:48)

半阙

Just think about it -
The storm started some time in the past, and it is still lashing today. So this is a continuous and progressive event.
(a). Something from past to present - present perfect tense
(b). Something progressive (the storm is NON-STOP) - progressive tense
Taken (a) and (b) together, "has been lashing" is the justified tense here.  

"Remember that an -ing word is never a working verb unless it is immediately preceded by a form of to be"

Here the book reminds you that -ing can serve a bunch of roles: as a noun (so-called "gerund"), an adj, a participle, ... (refer to a table in the book)
An -ing word cannot be a working verb unless it is preceded by a form of "to be", such as "is lashing" "has been lashing"

A frightening stormhas been lashing South Padre Island, forcing Natalie and Todd to post-
pone their wedding.
(摘自manhattan)

这里为啥要用现在完成进行时呢？
manhattan后面解释说：It is present perfect because the first helping verb is has. It is the progressive version of the present perfect tense because it also includes to be as a helping verb (been).(这个又是什么意思啊？我完全不明白) Remember that an -ing word is never a working verb unless it is immediately preceded by a form of to be. （继续一头雾水。。。）求各位指教啦~~

-- by 会员 半阙 (2012/3/16 21:03:48)

-- by 会员 babybearmm (2012/3/17 16:33:31)

原来to be 是这个意思啊~~baby姐姐每次回答都是又详细又直白，这果断就是大象无形大音稀声的境界啊~~~~

babybearmm

不敢当不敢当......Ron说的，如果遇到不懂的问题，就make it simple。千万别试图用另一道难题解决这道难题。那天Ron上课就这么讲的：

..., from which derive Northern and Southern Indian alphabets.   （这是一道prep题目）
这结构你不懂没关系，下面的懂吧？
On the beach was a single pigeon hunting for food.
要是还不懂，也没关系，下面的你一定懂！
There are two cars in the driveway.

哈哈，Ron就在演示怎么make it simple.

半阙

不敢当不敢当......Ron说的，如果遇到不懂的问题，就make it simple。千万别试图用另一道难题解决这道难题。那天Ron上课就这么讲的：

..., from which derives Northern and Southern Indian alphabets.   （这是一道prep题目）
这结构你不懂没关系，下面的懂吧？
On the beach was a single pigeon hunting for food.
要是还不懂，也没关系，下面的你一定懂！
There are two cars in the driveway.

哈哈，Ron就在演示怎么make it simple.

-- by 会员 babybearmm (2012/3/18 2:42:43)

其实我觉得还是一种习惯问题，那些个奇奇怪怪的句子，看惯了就不觉得奇怪了。就像我们看中文，不管是把N多句压缩成一个冗长无比的句子还是古龙式小说的精简，都看得挺自然的。要去拿给老外看，他们就......