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讲师:魏彦勋
Science Fiction---Learning About Language
Review useful structures
Lead in
What’s the differance?
The rat was placed into a T-shaped maze.
My car was stolen yesterday.
Elvis is rumored to be alive.
People rumor Elvis to be alive.
The scientists placed the rat into a T-shaped maze.
Someone stole my car yesterday.
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Grammar
Larry Belmont worked for a company that made robots. Recently it had begun experimenting with a household robot. It was going to be tested out by Larry’s wife, Clarie.
Usage 1: to report something or to state a fact.
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When to use the passive voice
Tony brought her breakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dressing. She felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go. Now she was being looked after by a robot that looked so human, and it was disturbing.
Usage 2: to emphasize an action itself
Claire thought it was ridiculous that she was being offered sympathy by a robot,
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When to use the passive voice
Usage 3: the doer is