Learning about Language课堂实录【1】

Period 2 Learning about language Teaching Goals: 1.To learn about The Present Progressive Passive voice

2. To discover useful words and expressions

3. To discover useful structures

Teaching Procedures: Step 1. Practice Turn to Page 28 and do Ex1, Ex2 and Ex3. You can simply write your answers in the blanks on the book. Exercise 1:

1. distant

far away in space or time

2. decrease

to go down to a lower level 3. powerful

able to control events 4. affect

to do something to make a change 5. appreciate

to understand how serious a situation is

6. hunt

to run after animals in order to kill or catch them 7. protect…from

to keep someone or something safe from harm 8. respond

to do something as a reaction to something done or said 9. relief

feeling of comfort when something worrying has ended or

not happened

Exercise 2:

Wendy Lee was a famous photographer and always photographed _________ animals in their natural habitat. One day she drove her car into the local game ________ as usual to _________ for some animals to photograph. After a while she saw some zebra with black and white lines going beneath their stomachs. “This must be a special _________ of zebra,” thought Wendy. “I’ve never seen one like this before.” Suddenly the zebra looked up and moved away as quickly as they could.Wendy looked around and saw a ________ lion in the grass. She __________ the danger, so she sounded her horn loudly until the lion turned and walked away. Wendy waited for several minutes to make sure the lion was not coming back. Then she gave a smile of _______. But soon her smile disappeared because she realized that in __________ the zebra _____ the lion she had lost her best chance of taking some amazing photographs!

Suggested Answers: Ex2: wild, reserve, hunt, species, powerful, appreciated, relief, protecting…from

Step 2. Grammar (1)The Present Continuous Passive Voice现在进行时被动语态

1. Susan is cooking dinner.

(Dinner is being cooked by Susan.) 2. They are designing the car.

(The car is being designed.) 3. You are using our fur to make sweaters.

(Our fur is being used to make sweaters.)

4.An exciting elephant is watching her.(She is being watched by an exciting elephant.) (2)现在进行时的被动语态

The present continuous passive voice 表示“某人/事此时此刻正在被…” , 主语是动作的承受者。

现在进行时的被动语态

1.肯定形式：

am/is/are＋being＋过去分词

The house is being painted. 房子正在被粉刷。

2.否定形式: am/is/are＋not＋being＋过去分词

The trees are not being watered. 3.疑问形式: Am/Is/Are＋主语＋being＋过去分词？

Am I being watched over? 4.特殊疑问句的形式: 把特殊疑问词放在一般疑问句前面。

How many bridges are being built in the village? 5.主动语态变被动语态

三变

原句主语变为by短语

宾语变为主语

谓语由主动变为被动

三不变

原句意思不变

原句时态不变

原句主谓宾以外成分不变。

eg:They are building nine parks.

(Nine parks are being built by them.)

(How many parks are being built?) (3)现在进行时的被动语态基本用法：

1.表示现在正在进行的被动动作。

eg:Mary is being interviewed now.

My car is being repaired now.

2.表现阶段正在进行的被动动作。

The disease is being studied at present by scientist. The habitat of the panda is being studied at present . 3.少数及物动词的进行时表示按计划、安排将要承受某个动作。

An party is being held tonight.今晚将要举办一场晚会。

4.有些动词进行时的主动形式就可以表示被动的意思,常见的这些动词有:print, cook, fry, bake, burn, hang. e.g. The house is burning.

The meat is cooking. 5.在某些

“介词+名词”的短语也可以表示正在进行着的被动,常见的这些介词有:

on, under e.g. Many new cars are on show.

（Many new cars are being showed.）

（Your questions are under discussion.）

（Your questions are being discussed.）

6.有些表

“ 状态, 心理活动,

情感”等的动词,常用一般现在时的被动语态表示

“正在进行”。

e.g.

You are wanted on the phone. MP3 is becoming more and more popular. In other words, it is loved by more and more people.

(4)练习

Try to put the following sentences into The Present Progressive Passive Voice.

1.They are producing this new drug.

(This new drug is being produced by them.) 2.An antelope is looking at her.

(She is being looked by an antelope.) 3.They are killing us for the wool. )

(We are being killed for the wool by them. 4.They are destroying the farm.

(The farm is being destroyed by them.)

Step3. Homework Try to remember the key words and phrases learnt in this part.