文档介绍：课标人教实验版高二 Module 7
Unit 2
Learning about language
My mother felt alarmed when I had my hair coloured purple.
My mother was alarmed when I had my hair coloured purple.
Look at the sentences.
Is this a passive sentence?
Though the structure seems like a passive sentence, it is not. A passive sentence indicates a passive action while this sentence describes a situation when someone has the feeling of alarm. “alarmed” is an adjective formed by V + ed.
Key!
Discovering useful structures
Go over the passive voice
1. be+ V+-ed/-en/-t
My homework was eaten by the dog.
The toy is made by hand.
The functions of the infinitive.
Except predicate, the infinitive can function as subject, object, predicative, attribute, adverbial and pliment.
Go over the infinitive
to be + past participle
当不定式动词与其逻辑主语之间是被动关系时,不定式要用被动语态。其构成形式如:to be given, to be shut, to be opened
Explanation of the passive infinitive
For example:
She hates to be laughed at. (others laugh at her.
She is laughed at by others)
2. I am expecting to be given a pay-rise next month. (give me a pay rise
I will be given a pay rise.)
重要提示:
Examples:
be to + passive infinitive (to be + past participle) is often used in notices and instructions.
1. This cover is not to be removed.
2. The medicine is to be taken three
times a day.
1. Having a trip abroad is certainly good for the old couple, but it remains____ whether they will enjoy it.
A. to see B. to be seen
C. seeing D. seen
Exercise
B