1、Unit 2 Unit 1 Be sporty, be healthy Passive voice in the present continuous and present perfect tenses To understand the rules of passive voice in the present continuous and present perfect tenses To summarize general rules of the passive voice in the present continuous and present perfect tenses To
2、 role-play an interview between a school news reporter and a PE teacher with the right tenses Frances is reading a leaflet about a sports centre. Find the sentences in the leaflet that use the passive voice in the present continuous and present perfect tenses and fill in the table below. The first t
3、wo have been done for you. Are you ready to get fit? We are happy to announce that the Community Sports Centre will soon be open to the public once again! Our facilities have been enlarged and redone, and our centre is now bigger and better than ever before. The finishing touches are now being put t
4、o a new swimming pool and our workout rooms have been updated with modern equipment. Come by and check them out. put to finishing touches 对对进行进行最后的最后的润色或润色或 修饰修饰 vt. 使使现代化现代化; 更新更新; 向向提供提供最新信息最新信息 n. 最新消息最新消息 There are a lot of fitness courses for you to choose from. In response to public interest,
5、our aerobics class has been replaced with several fun options, including modern dance. You can find more details about all our courses on our website. Better still, we will update our fitness courses every few months so that more popular courses can be included. Weight training classes, for example,
6、 are being designed and will be added to our programme soon. We will invite professional athletes to be our coaches. We are confident that we have something for everyone. We look forward to seeing you here! 对对作出反应作出反应; 作为作为 对对的回复的回复 vt. 用用替换替换; 代替代替, 取代取代; 更换更换, 更新更新 n. 运动员运动员 1. Whats the leaflet a
7、bout? Its about the facilities and courses of a sports centre, which will soon be open to the public once again. 2. How can you find more details about the courses? We can find more details about the courses on the websites of the sports centre. After reading, answer the two questions and then compl
8、ete the table. Passive voice in the present perfect tense Our facilities have been enlarged and redone . Passive voice in the present continuous tense The finishing touches are now being put to a new swimming pool. Weight training classes, for example, are being designed . and our workout rooms have
9、 been updated with modem equipment. our aerobics class has been replaced with several fun options Make sentences with passive voice in the present continuous or present perfect tenses. construct The road is being constructed. The road has been constructed. repair The car is being repaired. The car h
10、as been repaired. The dish is being cooked. The dish has been cooked. cook We use the passive voice in the present continuous tense to talk about something that is being done right now. The verb form is “(1)_”. We use the passive voice in the present perfect tense to talk about something that has be
11、en done. The verb form is “(2)_”. is/are/am being done has/have been done Working out the rules 现在进行时的被动现在进行时的被动语态语态 现在现在进行时的被动语态进行时的被动语态强调主语是动强调主语是动 作的承受者，表示说话时正在作的承受者，表示说话时正在进行着的被进行着的被 动动作、现阶段正在进行着的被动动作动动作、现阶段正在进行着的被动动作。 可用可用by引出动作的发出者。引出动作的发出者。 e.g. The man is being questioned by the police now.
12、Measures are being taken to protect those endangered animals. Your car is not being repaired. Is the new library being built now? 现在进行时的被动语态的结构：现在进行时的被动语态的结构： 肯定句肯定句： am / is / are + being +过去分词过去分词 否定句否定句： am / is / are + not + being +过去分词过去分词 一般疑问句一般疑问句： Am / Is / Are +主语主语+ being +动词的过去动词的过去 分词分词
13、 现在完成时现在完成时的被动的被动语态语态 现在完成时现在完成时的被动的被动语态语态表示被动表示被动动作在动作在 过去过去发生或完成，但是对现在仍然有发生或完成，但是对现在仍然有影响或影响或 者表示者表示过去开始的被动动作一直持续到过去开始的被动动作一直持续到现在现在, 句句中经常有中经常有 “for +一段时间一段时间”, “since +从从 句句”, so far等状语。等状语。 e.g. The carpet looks nice. It has already been cleaned. They havent been told about it yet. The result o
14、f their experiments hasnt been published yet. Have you ever been bitten by a dog? The house has been used for many years. The party has been planned since he came to China. Her novels have been translated into many foreign languages so far. 现在完成时现在完成时的被动语态的结构：的被动语态的结构： 肯定句：肯定句： have / has + been +过去
15、过去分词分词 否定句：否定句： have / has + not + been +过去过去分词分词 一般一般疑问句：疑问句： Have / Has +主语主语+ been +过去过去分词分词 Basic form of passive voice: be+done different tenses unchanged What are they? be + done am/is/are am/is/are+being have/has+been 一般现在时一般现在时 现在进行时现在进行时 现在完成时现在完成时 shall/will+be 一般将来时一般将来时 be was/were was/w
16、ere+being would+be had+been + done 情态动词情态动词+be will have been 一般过去时一般过去时 过去进行时过去进行时 过去完成时过去完成时 过去将来时过去将来时 将来完成时将来完成时 情态动词情态动词 Rewrite the following sentences using the passive voice. 1 The city government is building a new community sports centre. 2 Some workers are painting the walls in the workout
17、 rooms. A new community sports centre is being built (by the city government). The walls in the workout rooms are being painted (by some workers). B1 4 Jennys PE teacher has asked her to make an exercise plan. 3 People have told me the new workout rooms are very modern. 5 The teachers are testing st
18、udents on their knowledge of fitness. I have been told that the new workout rooms are very modern. Jenny has been asked to make an exercise plan (by her PE teacher). Students are being tested on their knowledge of fitness (by the teachers). Frances has written a review of the sports centre. Complete
19、 the review with the correct forms of the verbs in the brackets. I visited the new and improved Community Sports Centre. It looks amazing! It is not open to the public yet, but preparations (1) _ (make) presently for the reopening. Lots of new and modern facilities (2) _ (put) in place. Some of the
20、exercise machines (3) _ (test) are being made have been put are being tested B2 by a group of energetic young people now. A whole new range of courses (4) _ _ (design) for people of all ages, including tai chi and boxing! I tried out the boxing class and I loved it! The coach, who was a boxing champ
21、ion, was patient and professional. At the end of the one-hour class, I was sweating all over but felt relaxed. designed have been Despite all these improvements, I have also found something that still needs to be done: so far no basketball court (5)_ (build). I love playing basketball and I hope a b
22、asketball court will be built in the near future. I am sure it will make the sports centre more popular. has been built Describe the following pictures with as many sentences with passive voice in the present continuous or present perfect tenses as possible. A school news reporter is interviewing Mr
23、 Lin, a PE teacher, about the preparations for the school sports meeting. In pairs, use the checklist below to role-play the interview. Reporter: Mr Lin, thank you for agreeing to this interview. May I ask what has been prepared for the sports meeting? Mr Lin: Well, the date of the sports meeting ha
24、s been decided: 14 May. Reporter: Thank you for your time, Mr Lin. I hope the school sports meeting will be a great success! B3 Possible answer Reporter: Mr Lin, thank you for agreeing to this interview. May I ask what has been prepared for the sports meeting? Mr Lin: Well, the date of the sports me
25、eting has been decided: 14 May. Reporter: What about the location? Mr Lin: The location has been decided. The sports meeting will be held in the new school sports centre. Reporter: How many sports events will there be for the sports meeting this year? Mr Lin: Last year, we had 30 medal events. Five
26、more are being considered for this year. Reporter: What are the rules for each sport? Mr Lin: They havent been decided yet. Reporter: Has all the equipment been put in place yet? Mr Lin: No. The equipment is being prepared for now. Reporter: Thank you for your time, Mr Lin. I hope the school sports meeting will be a great success! 1. Describe a self-chosen situation using as many sentences with passive voice in the present continuous and present perfect tenses as possible. 2. Finish Part C on Page 64 in the workbook.
