有一读者问： 《英语沙龙》某期第22页第一段“...returned to China as an illiterate in the Chinese language, but then served for 44 years in the diplomatic service, with the last 5 years as an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations”中with引导的是什么成分？
这里的介词with引导的是一种比较特殊的独立结构。你可能对分词独立结构比较熟悉，如：
(1)The letter being written , I went to post it. （being是现在分词）
(2)This done , we went home.（done是过去分词）
对“with+分词独立结构”，你大概也不会感到陌生吧，如：
(3)We went into a bright room, with a large fan spinning overhead .
上述with the last 5 years as an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations则有点特殊：其一，这是一省略结构，the last 5 years之后省去了of my public life；其二，这是一种“with+名词+介词短语”结构。as在此应看作介词。
