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present continuous passive
现在进行时的被动语态
Present continuous passive
现在进行时的被动语态
Look at the sentences from the readingpassage and answer the questions.
1 What causes the action in sentence (a)? The dress or the wind?
2 What is happening to "me" in sentence (b)?
a And just look at how her dress isbeing folded by the wind!
b I’m being pushed around quite a bit,in fact.
Present continuous passive
现在进行时的被动语态
1 What causes the action in sentence (a)? The dress or the wind?
2 What is happening to "me" in sentence (b)?
1 The wind causes the action.
2 People around "me" are pushing me
Present continuous passive
现在进行时的被动语态
a And just look at how her dress isbeing folded by the wind!
b I’m being pushed around quite a bit,in fact.
c And just look at how the wind is folding her dress!
d People are pushing me around quite a bit, in fact.
Compare them with the followingsentences and answer the questions.
Present continuous passive
现在进行时的被动语态
a And just look at how her dress isbeing folded by the wind!
b I’m being pushed around quite a bit,in fact.
c And just look at how the wind is folding her dress!
d People are pushing me around quite a bit, in fact.
3 What is the difference between the twogroups of sentences?
4 Why does the author choose to use the passive form instead of the active formin the reading passage?
Present continuous passive
现在进行时的被动语态
3 What is the difference between the twogroups of sentences?
4 Why does the author choose to use the passive form instead of the active formin the reading passage?
3 The two sentences of the first group use the passive form, while the two of the second groupusethe active form.
Present continuous passive
现在进行时的被动语态
4 Why does the author choose to use the passive form instead of the active formin the reading passage?
4 In the first sentence of the first group, the
author is describing the sculpture, so the dress instead of the wind should be the author's focus and it serves as the subject. In the second sentence of the first group, "