09-Passivevoice技巧.ppt

Lecture Nine The Passive Voice Contents I. Forms of English Passive Voice II. The Passive Voice in E-C Translation III. The Passive Voice in C-E Translation IV. Assignment 1. syntactic passive 结构被动 2. notional passive 功能/意义被动 be + PP 显性被动 （Overt passive) 隐性被动 （Covert passive） SV: 主动形式表示被动意义 The match lights easily. This poem reads well. White clothes stain easily. This paper tears easily. The car handles well. I. Forms of English Passive Voice 1. Nouns Nouns ending with –ee, indicating the receptor of the action. Trainee 受训者; 培训生 Employee 雇员 Addressee 收件人 Drawee 受票人（付款人） 2. Adjectives Adjectives ending with –able or –ible, and adjectives converted from the past participles. Visible stars 看得见的星星 Navigable rivers 可通航的河流 Exchangeable 可交换的 The accused 被告the plaintiff 原告 The wounded 伤者； the injured; the killedcasualty 伤亡 Ten is divisible by five. Plus and Minus Time; multiply Divide 3. Prepositional phrases In question 正被谈论的 On show 上映 Past recovery 无法康复 Under discussion/fire/construction/control 在讨论中 / 交战 / 在建设中 / 在控制之下 Beyond control/words/description 无法控制 / 形容 / 描绘 Near completion 即将竣工 In one’s possession/in the possession of sb Out of use Out of stock Out of order Out of control Under treatment Outpatient 门诊 Inpatient住院 4. Verbs 1) After such verbs as need, want, require, deserve, stand, and so on. This is one of those questions that don’t need answering. 这是一个不需要回答的问题。 2) The active forms of such verbs as draw, sell, wash, cook, and so on. These goods sell like hot cakes. 这些货物十分畅销。 3) The active forms of such link verbs as look, smell, sound, prove, appear and so on. The result proved to be correct. 此结果证明是正确的。 4）The active form of the infinitive. These small houses are to let at low rental. 这些小屋将以低价出租。 Be to blame His masterpiece eventually got translated into ten languages. 他的代表作终于被译成十种文字。 II. The Passive Voice in E-C Translation 1. The passive voice is converted into active voice ? 1)?The original subject unchanged ? The whole country was armed