【英語學(xué)習(xí)】Passive vs Activ

1、整理課件Passive vs. Active整理課件 English Syntactic passive notional passive Chinese Syntactic passive notional passive整理課件Reason for the frequent usage of syntactic passive in English Agent not to be mentioned Thematic cohesion Add variety to writing Stylistic feature整理課件BEI construction 被，讓，給，叫，挨，受，遭，蒙，見

2、 BEI Construction constraints: Meaning: unpleasant or undesirable thing Form: agent expressed after “被”整理課件Notional passive Receptor as subject with active voice Subjectless and subject-omitted sentence Generic person as subject Other alternative sentence pattern把字式，將字式，“為所”式，“是的”式， “的是”式， “加以 / 予以”

3、式The Translation of Passive Voice Another verb Another subject / No subject Receptor as subject with active voice Alternative sentence pattern BEI constructionAnother verb: American government is filled with procedures designed to assure that interested persons may comment on policies before decisio

4、ns are made. 美國政府有有許多工作程序，為的是保證在作出決定之前相關(guān)人士都能對決策表示意見。 Well, are you tempted after reading this advertisement? 怎么樣，看了這幅廣告后，你動(dòng)心動(dòng)心了嗎？Another subject: Many new opportunities will be opened up in the course of time for those with a university education. 今后，具有大學(xué)文化水平的人具有大學(xué)文化水平的人將會(huì)獲得很多新的就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。 Their friendshi

5、p was turned to enmity through idle gossips. 流言蜚語流言蜚語使他們之間的友情變成了怨仇。Receptor as subject with active voice Western Europes 10 percent jobless rate is expected to hit 12 percent by mid-1984. 西歐的失業(yè)率估計(jì)估計(jì)到1984年年中會(huì)達(dá)到12%，目前是10%。 Universities and high schools, offices and factories, were combed for recruits.

6、 大學(xué)和中學(xué)、機(jī)關(guān)和工廠，到處都在搜羅在搜羅兵員。Alternative sentence pattern: I was received by a tall, lithe, vibrant woman in her 70s white-haired, and still beautiful. 接待我的是接待我的是一位高挑輕盈，滿頭銀發(fā)的女人，她雖然年逾古稀，仍神采奕奕，風(fēng)韻猶存。 Nationalized in 1951 by a Labor government, the British steel industry was denationalized by the Conservatives in 1953, then renationalized by Labor in 1967. 1951年，工黨政府把把英國鋼鐵工業(yè)收為國有收為國有。1953年，保守黨政府把把它退歸私營退歸私營。然后，1967年工黨政府又把把它國有化國有化。Alternative sentence pattern:BEI construction: “The Americans do not understand our fears,” said one West German Government official. “The United States is still a good way f