請問一句英文的文法

Question

今天在空中英語教室六月號看到一個句子.

Since then,more than 500 people have died climbing the mountain.

我想問的是,問什麼後面會接climbing?

完整的句子應該是如何呢?

Answer 1

Since then, more than 500 pepople have died climbing the mountain.
= Climbing the mountain, more than 500 people have died since then.

climbing the mountain是分詞構句，用來當述部have died的修飾語，提供死因。
分詞構句是一種簡潔的寫作方式，不必視為某種子句省略的結果。


2011-08-04 20:47:24 補充：
Since then, more than 500 people have died after they went to climb the mountain.
這是用副詞子句的寫法，較冗長。但因為前面有一個since當起點，後面又用一個after當起點，是滿混亂的。所以只用一個since，另一個用分詞構句來寫，是比較恰當的。

Answer 2

一般運動類的動詞,都會以動詞加ing 來表示,如:

go swimming.

go hiking

go shopping

go mountain climbing

go jogging

go roller-skating

老登

Answer 3

have died because they climb
people和they都是指同一個人
所以可以省略+ing
我猜ㄉ

2011-08-04 16:57:25 補充：
反正你記起來用法就好ㄌ= =

2011-08-04 16:58:00 補充：
when也是
我猜的啦