在SAT語法里有個重要的做題技巧，就是看見帶being的選項都排除，學生用此種方法來做題，屢試不爽。我們在運用這條技巧的時候，應該知曉其中的來龍去脈以及特例。
Being為何可以排除，首先因為這種表達方式不簡潔。Improving Sentence這種題型對我們的要求是不僅要選語法正確的，而且還要表達最effective的，且表達的有效性體現(xiàn)在表達的簡潔和直接上，而being 的出現(xiàn)常常違背了這條規(guī)則。
比如07年有道IS題
Anna Freud adapted classical psychoanalytic technique to the treatment of young children, being Sigmund Freud’s daughter.
(A) Anna Freud adapted classical psychoanalytic technique to the treatment of young children, being Sigmund Freud’s daughter.
(B) Anna Freud adapted classical psychoanalytic technique to the treatment of young children, and she was Sigmund Freud’s daughter.
(C) Anna Freud, who as Sigmund Freud’s daughter adapted classical psychoanalytic technique to the treatment of young children.
(D) Being Sigmund Freud’s daughter, Anna Freud adapted classical psychoanalytic technique to the treatment of young children.
(E) Anna Freud, Sigmund Freud’s daughter, adapted classical psychoanalytic technique to the treatment of young children.
這道題答案選E，原句有兩個問題，一是being Sigmund Freud’s daughter這個狀語的位置，從句意看很明顯這個狀語是修飾Anna Freud，所以應該讓它靠近Anna Freud，就近修飾，可以看到D選項就是調(diào)整了這個狀語的位置。但仍不選D，而選E, 比較下D，E選項就引出了原句的第二個問題，就是Being+ 名詞結構的不簡潔。通過比較D，E選項可以清晰看出，既然表Anna Freud的身份，用同位語也就是個名詞性短語Sigmund Freud’s daughter就可以了，再加個being顯然多此一舉。
我們再來看兩個例子：
Being a target of paparazzi, Anne has no privacy.
Being angry, Tom left without a word.
靠前個例子與上題雷同，可以直接采用更為簡潔的同位語修飾，句子變?yōu)?/p>
A target of paparazzi, Anne has no privacy.
第二個例子也可以進一步簡化，我們知道形容詞單獨就可以表狀態(tài)，being在此也是多余的。句子可以簡化為: Angry, Tom left without a word.
從這幾個例子，可以總結出being+ n，being+ adj. 的結構都是不簡潔的，因為n，adj單獨就可以進行修飾。
其次，being不選的原因還體現(xiàn)在being done結構使用的不正確。Being done是doing的被動語態(tài)，解釋為正在被做，而在實際做題過程中很少會遇到題目想體現(xiàn)正在被動的含義。
比如08年10月考過一題：
During the Great Depression, Dorothea Lange’s photographs brought public attention to the plight of farm workers, being distributed free of charge to newspaper.
(A) photographs brought public attention to the plight of farm workers, being distributed free of charge to newspaper
(B) photographs brought public attention to the plight of farm workers, which were distributed free of charge to newspapers
(C) photographs, which she distributed free of charge to newspapers and brought public attention to the plight of farm workers
(D) photographs, distributed free of charge to newspapers, bringing public attention to the plight of farm workers
(E) photographs, distributed free of charge to newspapers, brought public attention to the plight of farm workers
首先分析下句意，這道題正確的句意是照片先登上報紙，后引起關注，而原句用being done, 一表進行，二表登報紙與引起關注的動作同時發(fā)生，顯然不符合句意。這道題選E，去掉了being并讓過去分詞短語distributed free of charge就近修飾photographs，首先調(diào)整位置后修飾關系清晰明了，其次過去分詞含被動和完成兩層含義，正確體現(xiàn)了與主句動詞之間的先后順序。
因此，從being的不簡潔以及being done時態(tài)使用錯誤這兩點可以排除帶有being的選項，而且此技巧覆蓋了SAT語法90% 甚至是99%的題。但有一個例外應該引起我們的高度重視：prep+ being。我們知道介詞后只能跟名詞，所以要想讓介詞后跟動詞，動詞一定要轉化為v-ing這種動名詞形式。
07年1月考到這么一題：
Bees must leave the safety of the hive to forage for food many times a day, they are risking being eaten by any of a multitude of predators.
(A) day, they are risking being eaten
(B) day at the risk of being eaten
(C) day risking them to be eaten
(D) day; the risk is to be eaten
(E) day: likewise, they risk being eaten
這道題選B，如果靠being不選這條技巧就很容易做錯。這里用being eaten是因為at the risk of 這個介詞詞組后面必須用v-ing形式。
所以說，being不選這個技巧是非常實用有效的，但我認為同學們在運用這條技巧的同時應該對其中的來龍去脈也就是being為什么不選非常清晰，且高度重視介詞+being這個特例。其實being屬于非謂語動詞，而非謂語動詞一直是同學們易搞不明白的薄弱環(huán)節(jié)，也希望同學們通過對being的思考加深非謂語動詞的學習。
