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课件网) Review: Passive voice Unit 2 Lessons in life Grammar To review passive voice To rewrite a short paragraph using passive voice To write a story from Aesop’s Fables using passive voice To talk about another fable and the lesson you’ve learnt from it Learning objectives Look at the sentences from the reading passage and match them to the reasons why the passive voice is used. a On discovering that Morrie is being weakened by a severe illness, … b ... Tuesdays with Morrie is just made up of a collection of over-emotional thoughts and messages,... c A box of tissues will be needed to get through this book! 1 The subject is not known, is unimportant, or “people in general” and can be omitted. c A box of tissues will be needed to get through this book! 2 The focus of the sentences is on the recipient of the action, not on the subject of the sentence. a On discovering that Morrie is being weakened by a severe illness,… 3 The subject goes with lengthy expressions that are better put at the end. b ... Tuesdays with Morrie is just made up of a collection of over-emotional thoughts and messages,... long subject 被动语态 英语中的语态分为主动语态和被动语态。主动语态表示主语是动作的执行者；被动语态表示主语是动作的承受者。 以下几种情况常用被动语态： 1) 不知道或没有必要指出谁是动作的执行者； 2) 为了强调动作的承受者； 3) 主语有较长的修饰语时； 4) 通知、公告，新闻报道和科技报道等。 一、几种常见的被动语态构成 1. 一般现在时：am / is / are +及物动词的过去分词 eg The books are found in the bag. A cap is put in the bag. 2. 一般过去时： was / were +及物动词的过去分词 eg He was not happy because he was punished by his parents. 3. 一般将来时： will / be going to + be +及物动词的过去分词 eg The cars will be sent abroad by sea. A new bridge is going to be built over the river. 4. 过去将来时：would be +及物动词的过去分词 eg He knew he would be punished for it. 5. 现在进行时： am / is / are + being +及物动词的过去分词 eg The clothes are being washed. 6. 过去进行时：was / were + being +及物动词的过去分词 eg They told me that the case was being investigated. 7. 现在完成时： have / has + been +及物动词的过去分词 eg His homework has not been finished. 8. 过去完成时： had + been +及物动词的过去分词 eg When I came in, the tickets had been sold out. 9. 含情态动词的被动语态：情态动词 + be +及物动词的过去分词 eg Your homework must be handed in after class. 二、使用被动语态时应注意的问题 被动语态除用“be +及物动词-ed形式”构成外，还可用 “get +及物动词-ed形式”结构。常见的可与get连用的过 去分词有broken, burned, caught, drowned, drunk, fired, hurt, wounded, lost等。如： I got badly burned by the sun yesterday. The books seem to have got lost. 英语中有些不及物动词可以表示被动意义。 1. 某些连系动词，如smell, taste, sound, become, feel, seem等。如： The flowers smell sweet. These oranges taste good. 2. 某些可以和well, easily等副词连用的不及物动词，如 write, read, wash, clean, draw, burn, cook等。如： My new pen writes we ... ...
