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Section Ⅱ Using language—Grammar
现在进行时的被动语态
[对应学生用书P99]
[观察]
1.This broadcast is being brought to you from one of the largest museums on Earth—the Louvre!
2.And just look at how her dress is being folded by the wind!
3.I'm being pushed around quite a bit, in fact.
4.About 35,000 works are currently being displayed in over 300 rooms in the Louvre, and it would take a lifetime to see everything!
[归纳]
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。
[对应学生用书P99]
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 (not)+主语+being done?
特殊疑问式
特殊疑问词+am/is/are (not)+主语+being done?
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。
The sports meeting is being held in our school at the moment.
我校目前正在举行运动会。
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.
这些动物正以如此快的速度被捕杀,以至于很快就会消失。
Preparations are being made for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy.
意大利正在为2026年冬季奥运会做准备。
3.表示一种习惯性的被动行为,常与always,constantly,often等词连用,带有赞赏、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?
—He is ill. He may be being examined by the doctor.
——你知道史密斯正在做什么吗?
——他病了。他可能正在接受医生的检查。
三、使用现在进行时的被动语态时要注意的问题
1.在现在进行时的被动语态中,be(am/is/are)为第一助动词,being为第二助动词,缺一不可,且位置不可互换。
2.像take care of, look after, talk about, think of等动词与介词构成的短语用于现在进行时的被动语态时,其中的介词不可省略。
Something is being talked about among those people.
那些人正谈论着某件事情。
3.某些表示“状态、心理活动、存在”等的动词,如have,want,need,love一般不用现在进行时的被动语态,而常用一般现在时的被动语态。
Mr Li, you are wanted on the phone.
李先生,有你的电话。
Computer games are loved by more and more young people.
电脑游戏被越来越多的年轻人喜爱。
4.“be(am/is/are)+under/in+n.”有时可相当于现在进行时的被动语态。
The school is under construction now.
=The school is being bu