内容正文:
Section Ⅳ Discovering Useful Structures
现在进行时的被动语态
教材示例
1.(教材原句)What is being done to help them?
2.(教材原句)I know that they're being hunted and their habitat is getting smaller.
3.(教材原句)What measures are being taken to help them?
4.(教材原句)Much is being done to protect wildlife,but if we really want to save the planet,we must change our way of life.
我的发现
以上句子中的黑体部分为现在进行时的被动语态,其构成形式为be (am/is/are)+being+动词的过去分词。
一、含义
现在进行时的被动语态表示现在或现阶段正在进行或发生的被动动作,强调主语是动作的承受者。
二、结构
1.肯定式:主语+am/is/are +being done...
Some trees are being cut down in the park.
公园里的一些树木正在被砍伐。
2.否定式:主语+am/is/are+ not being done...
It is reported that the water in the lake is not being protected now.
据报道,这个湖里的水现在没有得到保护。
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3.一般疑问式:Am/Is/Are (not)+主语+being done...?
Are the babies being taken care of by this nurse?
这些婴儿正由这个护士照看吗?
4.特殊疑问式:特殊疑问词+am/is/are(not)+主语+being done...?
When is the sports meeting being held in our school?
我校将在什么时候举行运动会?
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句型转换
They are building a modern school in his hometown.
①A modern school is being built in his hometown.(改为被动语态)
②A modern school isn't being built in his hometown.(把①句改为否定句)
③Is a modern school being built in his hometown? (把①句改为一般疑问句)
④Where is a modern school being built? (对①句就in his hometown进行提问)
三、用法
1.表示说话时正在进行的被动动作。句中常用now,at the moment等时间状语。
My younger sister is now being interviewed.
我妹妹现在正在接受采访。
He is now being treated in China.
现在,他正在中国接受治疗。
2.表示现阶段正在进行的被动动作(说话时不一定在进行)。
These animals are being hunted at such a speed that they will disappear soon.
以如此速度捕杀动物,它们很快就会消失。
3.表示一种习惯的被动行为,常与always,constantly,often等词连用,表示有赞赏、羡慕、讨厌等感情色彩。
I feel very surprised that the window of our classroom is often being broken.
我感到非常吃惊的是我们教室的那扇窗户经常被打破。
Tom is always being praised by the teacher.
汤姆总是被老师表扬。
4.与某些情态动词连用,表示对正在发生的动作的推测。
Jim may be being interviewed by the reporters at the very moment.
吉姆此刻可能正在被记者们采访。
—Do you know what Smith is doing?
——你知道史密斯正在做什么吗?
—He is ill.He may be being examined by the doctor.
——他病了。他可能正在接受医生的检查。
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