2. prepositional phrases that modify verbs.

　Generally speaking, prepositional phrases that modify verbs are those that answer the questions where, when, how and how much.

1. Pumas [`pju:m[] (美洲狮) are large, cat-like animals, which are found in Africa.
   
2. The puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place in the afternoon.
   
3. He manages to keep the ends meet (维持生计) by cutting down (削减) expense (费用) on dress.
   
4. He came into the classroom with a bunch of flowers (一束花) in his arms.
   
5. Many treasures were found beneath the narrow street.
   在这个狭窄的街道底下发现了大量宝藏。
   
6. She got divorced for the reason that she married the wrong man.
   她离婚了，原因是嫁错了人。
   
7. She enrolled in (报名加入) an evening class to study English, in order to teach her three-year-old boy.
   
8. After beating the Korean national team, the China national team realizes that they are more mature both in skill and in confidence.
   击败韩国国家队之后，中国国家队意识到了，在技术和自信心方面他们都更成熟了。
   
9. He worked as a dustman (清洁工) for two years in the company.
   

Exercise:

Distinguish the prepositional phrases that modify nouns and the prepositional phrases that modify verbs. Underline the prepositional phrases with n.m for noun modifier and v.m for verb modifier.

The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th, 1912. She was carrying 1,316 passengers, and a crew of 891. Even by modern standards, the 46,000-ton Titanic was a colossal ship. At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built, but was regarded as unsinkable, for she had sixteen watertight compartments. Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float. The tragic sinking of the great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with a heavy loss of life.