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1．in common: for or by all of a group 共同的；共有的；共用的。

in common 常常同have连用，如：

have nothing in common 无共同之处

have little in common 几乎无共同之处

have something in common 有一些共同之处

have a lot in common 有许多共同之处

（1）You know, Dorothy, you and I have one thing in common．

（2）We just had nothing in common and I couldn't communicate with his dull business friends．

（3）I suddenly felt we had a lot in common．

2．simple-minded: showing very little intelligence 头脑简单的；笨的。

Richard is smart but he has a lot of simple-minded friends．

simple-minded 是一个复合形容词，与它结构相同的复合形容词还有：

absent-minded 心不在焉的

open-minded 虚心的，没有偏见的

narrow-minded 心胸狭窄的single-minded 一心一意的

strong-minded 意志坚强的weak-minded 低能的，愚蠢的

3．make a decision: make up one's mind 作出决定。

与make a decision意思相近的词组有：arrive at / come to / reach a decision。

与make连用的常用词组有：make an attempt, make an effort, make an offer, make a suggestion, make a phone call, make a mistake, make progress 等。

4．in a way: to a certain extent 在某种程度上。

与in a way同义的词组有in one way 和in some ways。

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容易与之混淆的词组是in the way意为“造成阻碍”，请比较：

In a way, I like this new textbook very much．从某种程度上说，

I'm afraid your bike is in the way．看来你的自行车挡着道了。

5．after all

1）in spite of what has been said, done or expected 毕竟；终究；归根结底。

So you've come after all! 你终究还是来了！

After all, what does it matter? 归根结底，那又有什么关系呢？

2）it should be remembered 别忘了。

She should have offered to pay — she's a millionaire, after all．

6．watch over: take care of 照料；照管。

Could you watch over my dog while I am on holiday?

You go swimming, please．I'll watch over the clothes here．

7．wander（v.）: to move around in an area or go from place to place without any special purpose; roam 游荡；闲逛。

He was wandering aimlessly up and down the road．

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The Present Perfect Passive Voice

Period 4:

Learning about Language

(The Present Perfect Passive Voice)

Aims

To learn to useThe Present Perfect Passive Voice

To discover useful words and expression

To discover useful structures

Procedures

I. Warming up by reading to the tape

To begin with, turn to page 18, listening to and reading to the recording of the text WHO AM I? Attention goes to the pauses and intonation, as well as the pronunciation of the reader.

II. Discovering useful words and expressions

In pairs do the exercises 1, 2 and 3 on pages 19 and 20. You must finish them in 10 minutes.

Discovering useful words and expressions

Answer key for Exercise 1:

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1 totally

2 revolution

3 artificial intelligence

4 birth

5 simple-minded 6 go by 7 deal with 8 network

9 truly

10 anyway Answer key for Exercise 2:

revolution; network; went by; totally; truly; simple-minded; Anyway; deal with

Answer key for Exercise 3:

1 totally 2 amazed 3 exciting 4 excited 5 cheaply 6 unlucky Discovering useful structures

Answer key for Exercise 1:

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... my family and I have been used by billions of people to deal with information ....

2

I have truly been built to serve the human race ....

Answer key for Exercise 2:

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A new personal computer has been bought by us．

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Many problems have been found with our new computer．

3

A PC has been built the way we wanted．

4

Our computer has just been joined to the Internet．

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The computer has been used every day by us since we bought it．

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A lot of e-mails have been written on the computer in the past year．

III. Learning about grammar

1. Passive Voice—Overview

Tense or Model Passive Sentence

Simple Present The TOEFL exam is given every six months.

Simple past The TOEFL exam was given last month.

Simple Future The TOEFL exam this year will be given on October15.

Present Continuous The TOEFL exam is being given every year.

Present perfect The TOEFL exam has been given every year since 1950.

Past perfect The TOEFL exam had been given before the Vietnam War occurred.

Simple Modal The TOEFL exam should be given to every Foreign student.

Past Modal The TOEFL exam should have been given to all to enter US colleges.

2. The Present Perfect Passive Voice

The structure of The Present Perfect Passive Voice is: have/ has ＋

been＋~ed

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IV. Reading aloud and discovering

Now go back to page 18 to read aloud and discover in the text examples of The Present Perfect Passive Voice.

As the years have gone by, I have been made smaller and smaller.

Since then, my family and I have been used by billions of people to deal with information with each other around the world by the Internet.

V. Discovering useful structure

We shall do grammar exercises 1, 2 and 3 on page 20.

VI. Closing down by doing a quiz

Correct the mistakes in these passive voice sentences

Example: The house was build in 1880. (correct = The house was built in 1880.)

1. 3000 employees were laying off.

2. A story will made up.

3. An idea was putted forward for discussion.

4. Has the book been give back to you yet?

5. My bank loan will be payed off in five years time.

6. Nothing can be hold against me.

7. Our allies will be lend support.

8. She has never heard of.

9. She was being knocked down by a bus.

10. She was letted off with a fine.

11. The candle was blow out by the draught.

12. The criminal were locked up.

13. The flood water was be kept back by barriers.

14. The inconvenience will made up for by this money.

15. The keys must have been being left behind.

16. The old cinema is being pull down.

17. The protesters being held back by the police.

18. The road was blocking off.

19. Thirty more people were laid off last week.

20. Your jacket can be hanged up over there.

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