内容正文:
Section Ⅲ Grammar and usage
现在进行时和现在完成时的被动语态
[对应学生用书P44]
①The finishing touches are now being put to a new swimming pool and our workout rooms have been updated with modern equipment.
②Weight training classes, for example, are being designed and will be added to our programme soon.
③Our facilities have been enlarged and redone, and our centre is now bigger and better than ever before.
④In response to public interest, our aerobics class has been replaced with several fun options, including modern dance.
⑤Well, the date of the sports meeting has been decided already.
⑥The plan is not being discussed at the meeting now.
⑦The ink has not been removed from the clothes.
[自我归纳]
1.以上例句中均使用了被动语态。其分别为现在进行时的被动语态和现在完成时的被动语态。
2.句①②⑥中含有现在进行时的被动语态,其谓语构成是:be+being_done。
3.句①③④⑤⑦中含有现在完成时的被动语态,其谓语构成是:have/has+_been_done。
4.句⑥为现在进行时的被动语态的否定形式,其谓语构成为be+not_being_done。
5.句⑦为现在完成时的被动语态的否定形式,其谓语构成为:have/has+not_been_done。
一、语法图解
二、语法突破
现在进行时的被动语态
(一)现在进行时的被动语态构成
肯定式
主语+am/is/are+being done ...
否定式
主语+am/is/are+not being done ...
一般疑问式
Am/Is/Are+主语+being done ...?
特殊疑问式
特殊疑问词+am/is/are+主语+being done ...?
(二)现在进行时的被动语态的用法
1.表示说话时正在进行的被动动作, 强调主语是动作的承受者。
Look! The baby is being taken care of by her aunt.
看!这个婴儿正由她的阿姨照顾。
Now, good measures are being taken to save the endangered animals by the government.
现在,政府正在采取有效的措施来拯救濒临灭绝的动物。
2.表示现阶段正在进行的被动动作,但此时此刻不一定正在进行的被动动作。
A new building is being built outside our school.
我们学校外面正在建一座新楼。
Their fur is being used to make sweaters by some factories.
一些工厂把它们的皮毛用来生产毛衣。
3.现在进行时的被动语态与always, all the time等词连用时,表示经常性的被动动作,此时往往带有赞赏或厌恶等感情色彩。
She's made rapid progress recently and is always being praised by the teachers.
她最近进步很快,总是受到老师的表扬。
She says that the silly questions are always being asked by the man.
她说男人总是问一些愚蠢的问题。
4.有些“介词+名词”结构可以表示现在进行时的被动意义。请记住下列短语:on show; in use; under protection; under repair; under discussion; under research; under consideration; under development等。
The telephone is in use now.
=The telephone is being used now.
电话正在被使用。
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