the people present were impressed with his speech considered as a great encouragement to us
问题描述：
the people present were impressed with his speech considered as a great encouragement to us
中为什么用were?他不是present现在吗?
considered as a great encouragement to us是不是修饰speech的?
答
present是在现场的,指当时在现场的,不一定是现在.后面你说的是的,就是修饰speech.