不定式多表达意料之外的结果,而现在分词表达意料之中的结果。
不定式作结果状语
What have I said to make you so excited? 我说了什么使你这么激动?
He woke up to find everybody gone. 他醒了过来,结果发现大家都走了。
He went to dormitory to visit her , only to find that she had left school
yesterady.
他去宿舍看望她,却发现她昨天就已经离开了学校。
分词作结果状语
The girl got up very early that day, finding nobody in the classroom.
那天那个女孩很早就起床了,到了教师却发现那里空无一人。
The bus rolled in a valley,causing ten deaths and more wounded
车掉进山谷,引起十个人死亡多人受伤。