1、B2U2 Be sporty; Be healthy Grammar The Community Sports Centre will soon be open to the public once again. (1) The workers have enlarged and redone the facilities. (2) They are now putting finishing touches to a new swimming pool. (3) They have also updated the workout rooms. Can you rewrite the 3 s
2、entences using passive voice? Finish P20: Exploring the rules Weight training classes, for example, are being designed . and our workout rooms have been updated with modern equipment. . our aerobics class has been replaced with several fun options . (1) The facilities have been enlarged and redone (
3、by the workers). (2) Finishing touches are being put to a new swimming pool (by them). (3) The workout rooms have also been updated (by them). The Community Sports Centre will soon be open to the public once again. (1) The workers have enlarged and redone the facilities. (2) They are now putting fin
4、ishing touches to a new swimming pool. (3) They have also updated the workout rooms. Can you rewrite now? Comparing those sentences, what can you find? The workers have enlarged and redone the facilities. The facilities have been enlarged and redone (by the workers). They are now putting finishing t
5、ouches to a new swimming pool. Finishing touches are now being put to a new swimming pool (by them). 主语 谓语 宾语 原宾语，现主语 谓语 原主语，现状语 被动语态 的结构： 现在完成时：have done - have been done 现在进行时：am/is/are doing - am/is/are being done More examples of the passive voice in the present continuous tense The boss is inte
6、rviewing all the applicants. (active voice) All the applicants are being interviewed (by the boss). (passive voice) Right now the scientists are developing the new products in the laboratory. (active voice) Right now the new products are being developed in the laboratory (by the scientists). (passiv
7、e voice) Practice 1: 请将下列句子变成被动语态: Nobody suspects that we are carrying out this plan well. (宾语从句) The teacher is giving examination papers to students. (双宾结构) The repairman is repairing the washing machine. Nobody suspects that this plan is being carried out well. Examination papers are being given
8、 to students (by the teacher) The washing machine is being repaired. = under repair am/is/are being investigated = under investigation am/is/are being constructed = under construction am/is/are being controlled = under control am/is/are being attacked = under attack am/is/are being reviewed = under
9、review am/is/are being discussed = under discussion More examples of the passive voice in the present perfect tense The police have just finished searching the area for the missing child. (active voice) Searching the area for the missing child has just been finished (by the police). (passive voice)
10、The explorers have found many sunken ships till now. (active voice) Many sunken ships have been found (by the explorers) till now. (passive voice) Practice 2: 1. Doing exercise has got over negative feelings. 2. The committee has awarded the prize to him twice. Negative feelings have been got over b
11、y doing exercise. The prize has been awarded to him by the committee twice. Summary We use the passive voice in the present continuous to talk about something that _ right now. The verb form is _. We use the passive voice in the present perfect tense to talk about something that _. The verb form is
12、_ is being done be+ being done have been done have/has been done Fill in the blanks with the proper verb forms. 1. I got caught in the rain and my suit _ (ruin). 2. Professor James will give us a lecture on the Western culture, but when and where _ (not decide) yet. 3. Would you please keep silent?
13、The weather report _ (broadcast) and I want to listen. 4. His sister left home in 1998, and _ (not hear of) since then. has been ruined has not been decided is being broadcast has not been heard of Exercise 1 Exercise 1 Fill in the blanks with the proper verb forms. 5. Hi, Terry, can I use your comp
14、uter for a while this afternoon? Sorry. Its _ (repair). 6. In the last few years thousands of films _ (produce) all over the world. 7. Food supplies in the flood-stricken area _ (run out). We must act immediately because theres none left. 8. We wont start the work until all the preparations _ (make)
15、. being repaired have been produced have run out have been made Exercise 2 Exercise 2 Translate the following sentences into English. 1. 直到所有准备工作做好，我们才会开始工作。 We wont start the work until _. 2. 我们计划举行会议的会议室正在装潢。 The meeting room where we planned to hold the meeting _. 3. 雨林被砍伐的速度非常快，以至于将来终将消失。 Rainfo
16、rests _ at such a speed that they will eventually disappear in the future. all the preparations have been made is being decorated are being cut down Translate the following sentences into English. 4. 为推动未来几年内的共享经济，新能源汽车共享项目正在全国多个 城市实施。 New energy vehicle-sharing projects _ in dozens of cities across
17、 the country to fuel the sharing economy in the next few years. 5. 在最近几次死亡事故后，当地政府被敦促加强水上交通安全管理。 Local government _ to strengthen water transport safety management following recent fatal accident. are being carried out is being urged Homework 1.Rewrite the interview into a news report. 2.Finish exercise C on page 64 of the workbook.
