Unit 2 Robots
learning about language
——Hamlet
To be, or not to be - that is the question
Round 1 Review the basic usages of infinitive
The form of infinitive:
(not) to + do (动词原形)
1. (主语)
2. (表语)
predicative
3. (宾语)
4. (宾补)
5. (定语)
)
6. (状语)
7. (独立结构)
object
object complement
attribute
adverbial
absolute construction
subject
There are four tenses of infinitive:
The present tense 一般式
The perfect tense 完成式
The continuous tense 进行式
The perfect continuous tense 完成进行式
There are two voices of infinitive
主动语态(the active voice)
被动语态 (the passive voice)
Grammar
Round 2 The explanation of the Passive Voice of the Infinitive
It was going to be tested out by Larry’s wife, Claire.
but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her to be harmed.
Claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot.
How awful to be discovered by her, Claire thought.
By that time, Tony expected the house to be completely transformed.
What a sweet victory to be envied by those women!
But even though Tony had been so clever, he would have to be rebuilt.
The form of passive infinitive:
to be + p.p 动词的过去分词
Optimus Prime
Alphago
My dreaming robot lover...
1. First of all, it is a cat with no ears and it is very afraid of mice .
2.But he has a good heart and is willing to help people.Besides he likes to eat Dorayaki.(铜锣烧)
Doraemon
Its ears happened to be bitten by a mouse.
To be given Dorayaki is the happiest thing to him.
object
subject
3. He has a lot of magical props(道具) to be used to help his friends.
Object complement
野比大雄
DaXiong is very lazy and does badly in his study.But his dream is to be admired by others and to be loved by JingXiang.
predicative
源静香
JingXiang is their dreaming girl. But there is a shortcoming not to be understood by others. She has to take a shower 3 times a day.
attributive
刚田武(胖虎)
PangHu is a strong rude child king(孩子王).In order to be admired by other kids, he always use violence.
XiaoFu's family is very wealthy.
He likes to be envied by others when he got a new stuff.
骨川小夫
adverbial
object
The story of Doraemon is said to have been made into many films.
完成时表示动作是在谓语动词所表示的动作之前就一直在进行或动作已经完成。
Further explanation
To be invited to the party is an exciting thing for me.
Formal subject
It is an exciting thing for me to be invited to the party.
As subject
引导不定式作宾语的动词
v+to do
intend
prepare
propose
start
prefer
need
manage
plan
attempt
desire
refuse
promise
As object
The child refused to be taken to the restaurant that he didn't like.
I was promised (elect)
as monitor if I could perform well in this
competition.
to be elected
v+sb.+to do
permit
wish
invite
advise
want
expect
warn
tell
allow
help
ask
force
As object complement
She didn’t like herself to be praised like that.
He wanted the letter to be typed at once.
他希望信件被立即打印出来.
三使
五看
不定式作宾补时不带to的情况
感官动词Perception verb.
使役动词
Causative verb.
二听
一感觉
watch, see, look at, notice observe,
make, let, have
listen to, hear
feel
She was too young _______________(assign) such work.
in order to, so as to, enough to, only to
to be assigned
在一些短语中也有体现:
As adverbial
to do
to have done
to be doing
to have been doing
to be done
to have been done
Round 3 Conclude
形 式 主 动 被 动
一般式
进行式
完成式
完成进行式
Round 4 Practice
Question 1
Question
2
Question
3
Question
4
3
2
4
3
(1) It is an honour for me to be asked to speak here.
形式主语 formal subject
(2) She asked to be given a second
chance.
(3) She won't allow her mother to be cheated by others.
主语 subject
宾语 object
宾补 object complement
(1)Are you going to the meeting to be held next week?
定语 attribute
状语 adverbial
(2) She was too young to be assigned such work.
1.I hurried to the meeting hall,only__________ (tell)
that the meeting had been put off.
2. The book is said_________________________
(translate)into many languages.
3. These are the issues ______________(discuss) tomorrow.
4. Tim refused __________________ (accompany)
by his father to school.
to have been translated
to be told
Have a try
to be discussed
to be accompanied
1. There were many talented actors out there just waiting ______. (江西卷)
A to discover B to be discovered
C discovered D being discovered
2. Many buildings in the city need repairing, but the one ______first is the library. (重庆卷)
A. repaired B. being repaired
C. repairing D. to be repaired
3. It’s important for the figures regularly.(北京卷,25)
A. to be updated B. to have been updated
C. to update D. to have
Have a try
1. 在 there be 结构中。
Round 5 The explanation
of some sentences patterns
There is a lot of homework to do.
There is no time to lose.
我们没有时间可以浪费。
2. 在“… be + adj + to do”结构中。常用的形容词有easy, difficult, hard, impossible, nice, pleasant, light, heavy, interesting, important, expensive, cheap, fit, dangerous等。
He is hard to convince.
.
这个讲座很难听懂。
The lecture is difficult to understand
他很难被说服
3. 在“too … to …; enough … to …”结构
中。
The problem is too difficult to work out.
房子足够大可以居住。
The house is big enough to live in.
With nothing to do, he lay in bed.
4. 在“with + n. + to do”结构中。
有很多作业要做,我不能去电影院了。
With so many exercises to do, I can’t go to the cinema.
5. 一些作表语用的不定式的主动形式表
被动,如:to blame, to let, to seek
此屋出租。
_______________________
我感觉我要受到责备_______________________
I felt I was to blame.
The house is to let.
Mr. Green stood up in defence of the 16-year-old boy, saying that he was not the one ____.
A. blamed B. blaming
C. to blame D. to be blamed
Round 6 Homework
Try to write a composition “My favorite robot”, using infinitive“to do, to be done, to have done, to have been done .”
Goodbye