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Section 4 Grammar—过去进行时的被动语态
课前观察自主领悟
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观察句子
1.During the period of recent terrorist activities, people were always being warned not to touch any unattended bag.
2.This time yesterday Jacks bike was being repaired.
3.The trousers were not being mended by my mother.
4.Where to have the meeting was being discussed this time yesterday.
5.A cleaner was struck and killed by lightning when working on the tarmac (停机坪) last year. Police said when they found the body, a mobile phone was still being held.
6.The room was being painted when you telephoned me yesterday afternoon.
7.—Tom, youve got an A in the final English exam. Congratulations!
—Thanks. But I never thought the result came out so fast. The papers were still being marked when I left the teachers office just now.
我的领悟
“was/were+being+done”构成的是过去进行时的被动语态,主语是动作的承受者,表示在过去的某个时间点或者某个时间段正在进行的被动的动作。
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一、过去进行时的被动语态的基本用法
1.过去进行时的被动语态表示过去某一时间正在进行的动作,常和表过去的时间状语连用。
My homework was being done at this time yesterday.
昨天的这个时间我正在做作业。
2.过去进行时的被动语态可与soon, the next moment, in minutes, minutes later等时间状语连用,表示一个新的动作刚刚开始。
Soon the whole town was being covered with snow.
很快大雪覆盖了全城。
3.过去进行时的被动语态可用来陈述原因或用作借口,这种用法常用在口语中。
—Why did you walk to school instead of bicycling yesterday, Mary?
玛丽,昨天你为什么步行去上学,而没骑自行车?
—Oh, my bike was broken and was being repaired then.
噢,那时我的自行车坏了,正在修。
4.过去进行时的被动语态可用来为之后一系列动作的发生提供背景。
A tyre burst out when the truck was being loaded.
装车的时候轮胎爆了。
5.过去进行时的被动语态可表示过去未曾实现的安排,这时be动词was/were要重读。
A letter to an old friend was being written this morning, but I was occupied with my report.
今天早上我本打算给一个老朋友写信,但是我忙于我的报告。
【小练】 完成句子
当我在遥远的乡村旅游时,在一个旧邮局里发现了许多特别棒的明信片正在出售。
Many kinds of fancy postcards were being sold in the old post office while I was travelling in the remote countryside.
二、一般过去时和过去进行时的区别
1.一般过去时常表示在过去某时发生的动作或存在的状态(包括过去的习惯动作),常与一般过去时连用的时间状语有: just now, a moment ago, yesterday, last week(month, year), the day before yesterday及表示过去的时间状语从句。
①I met her in the street the day before yesterday.
我前天在大街上碰