【正文】 ） ? I was surprised at the news. (這消息使我吃驚。例如： ? It was nasty for Mary to be / to get hurt.(瑪麗受到傷害這件事令人很不愉快。 ? Some kinds of food soon spoil. 有些食品容易變質。 ? The brake does not grip properly. 剎車不靈。 they just have to be faced up to. ? Such a state of things cannot be put up with. ? B) passive voice of “verb + noun + preposition” ? The “verb + noun + preposition” bination may have two passive possibilities. The first of these is to treat the bination as a single transitive verb,eg: 8 ? He took great care of his books. ? His book were taken great care of. ? The second is to treat the bination as “verb + noun + preposition” , and put the whole prepositional phrase after the passive verb,eg: ? He took great care of his books. ? Great care was taken of his books. ? Compare: ? They had made a mess of the house. ? The house had been made a mess of.(第一種用法 ) ? A mess had been made of the house. (第二種用法 ) ? 注意：采用第二種形式時要把整個介詞詞組放到被動態(tài)動詞的后面去。 ? It is generally considered not advisable to act that way. 這樣做一般認為是不妥當?shù)摹? ? It eats well. 這東西吃起來味道好。 ? His new novel sells well. 他的新小說銷路好。 （ｅｎｄ ） 15 ? 4)非限定動詞的被動語態(tài) ? 非限定動詞包括不定式、 ing 分詞和 –ed分詞， 其中不定式和 ing 分詞有被動語態(tài)。 ) ? A lot remains to do.(還有許多要做的事情。） ? I was caught in a shower on my way home. （ 我在回家途中遇到陣雨。 例如： ? I insisted on him /his being invited. ? I don’t mind him / his being invited. （ end） 18 5) 被動語態(tài)的靈活運用 ： ? A)下列的動詞短語動詞不能用被動式： 用 法 take place happen occur (發(fā)生 ) (發(fā)生 ) (發(fā)生 ) belong to break out consist of (屬于 ) (爆炸 ) (組成 ) 例 句 An accident happened here a week ago. ( T ) An accident was happened here a week age. ( F ) ( 一個星期前在這里發(fā)生了車禍。 ? This cloth washes well. 這部很耐洗。 ? Will this meat keep till tomorrow? 這肉能放到明天嗎？ ? The flat lets for 500 dollars a month. 這套公寓房月租金 500美元。 ? Tomatoes bruise easily. 西紅柿很容易碰傷。 4 ? The song was posed by a student. 這首歌曲是一個學生譜寫的。 ? Nylon dries quickly. 尼龍織物干得快。 ? This poem reds well. 這首詩讀來順口。 ? The middle house will not be let. 中間的房子不會出租。 ) ? My car needs checking. ? = My car needs to be checked. ? (我的車子需要檢查。下面為常見的句型： believed 大家相信 expected 大家期待 reported 據(jù)報道 ? It is said 據(jù)說 that suggested 有人建議說 thought 大家認為 acknowledged 大家公認 For example: It is said that Mike is sick in bed. It is believed that he was killed. 28 ? Conclusion So far we have discussed the use of active voice and passive voice and some special points that we should pay much attention to on verb voices. Now let’s p