This article deals with common social problems, with much attention being paid to problems of teenagers.
我們把這句還原一下得到如下:
This article deals with common social problems.
Much attention is being paid to problems of teenagers. 其中is being paid to是被動語態的現在進行式,其表達的動作性很強。上下兩個句子結合起來,形成帶伴隨狀語的複雜句。那麼,g done的形式被保留下來加強動作的描述。
而第二句:
He lay on his back with his teeth set and his eyes closed?
只是表示一種普通而穩定的狀態,正在發生的意味不強,故沒有加being。