[中学联盟]浙江省杭州市塘栖中学高中英语必修二教学课件：unit4 Using language.ppt

Grammar The Passive Voice Discovering useful structures We are being killed for the wool beneath our stomachs. Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you. I wonder what is being done to help you. … and found that she was being watched by an elephant. So good things are being done here to save local wildlife. 注意: The problem is under discussion. The problem is being discussed. The telephone is in use. The telephone is being used. Fast reading: True or false Humans came into being about 65 million years ago. People know about dinosaurs from their eggs and bones. Scientists could tell from their eggs that some dinosaurs could not only run but also climb trees. Dinosaurs died out because the temperature of the earth changed a lot. 2. come into being 形成；产生 A new rule will soon come into being. 一个新规则很快就要出台了。 3. according to 按照；根据……所说 According to facts in my possession he can not possibly be guilty. 根据我所掌握的事实，他是不可能有罪的。 According to these figures, our company is doing well. 从这些数字来看，我们的公司经营得不错。 Listen to the tape and choose the correct answer to complete each sentence on page 30. everywhere together and I shared my food with him. However, I began to wonder why several of my dodo friends had disappeared. Then the number of our species began to decrease quickly. I was so worried that I asked the other animals and they all told me, “Your friends are being killed and eaten by Man while you are hunting for food.” Had Man eaten them? I couldn’t believe it! When I asked Man directly, he seemed surprised. “I haven’t seen the other dodos either.” he said. “Maybe someone else killed them.” I believed him but when more dodos disappeared I set a trap. I went off as if I was going to hunt but instead I hid in the forest and waited. Sure enough Man came along. He ran after the last of my dodo friends and killed her. I felt so angry that I rushed out of my hiding place and straight at Man’s spear. He killed me too. After that there were no more dod