内容正文:
Unit 3 Traditional skills
教材重点语法知识链接及典型例题
The passive voice
原文呈现:
We form the passive voice in the simple present tense like this:
I
am (not)
seen.
You/We/They
are (not)
He/She/It
is (not)
We form the passive voice in the simple past tense like this:
I
was (not)
seen.
You/We/They
were (not)
He/She/It
was (not)
We form the passive voice in the simple future tense like this:
I
will (not) be
seen.
You/We/They
will (not) be
He/She/It
will (not) be
总结:
语态是动词的一种形式,表示主语和谓语之间的具体关系,分为主动语态和被动语态两种。当句子的主语是动作的执行者时,谓语的形式用主动语态;当句子的主语是动作的承受者时,谓语的形式用被动语态。
被动语态基本构成是“be+过去分词”。
(1)被动语态的用法:
①当我们不知道动作的执行者是谁或由于某种原因不必提到动作的执行者时,要用被动语态,但在译文里,有时要用主动语态才符合汉语的表达习惯。例如:
Football is played all over the world. 全世界各处都踢足球。
②当我们要强调动作的承受者而不是动作的执行者时,要用被动语态。
The Great Wall was built long ago. 长城是很久以前建成的。
English is spoken as the first language by most people in the USA. 在美国,大多数人都把英语作为第一语言。
(2)主动语态变为被动语态的方法:
①主动语态句子里的宾语变为被动语态句子的主语。
②主动语态的谓语动词变为被动语态的谓语形式,即“be+过去分词”。要注意使助动词be既保持主动句的时态,又要与被动句的