郭岱宗(英文系退休副教授)
一、重要文法
1.正在「被」……be being + p.p
例如:
(1)正在被檢查 be being checked
(2)正在被討論 be being discussed
(3)正在被讀 be being studied
(4)正在被修改 be being corrected
(5)正在被烘乾 be being dried
2.這個be動詞隨「人」和「時間」而變化
例如:
(1)我正在被疲勞轟炸。(現在進行被動)
I am being bombarded.
(2)你明早9:00將被揍!(未來進行被動)
You will be being hit at 9:00 tomorrow morning.
(3)他昨天敲門時,我正被我媽詢問。(過去進行被動) I was being questioned by my mom when he knocked on the door yesterday.
二、請填入英文,訂正後、朗讀三遍
1.我們在街上可以很輕易地拒絕那些湊近我們的推銷人員們,但是我常常向最厲害的銷售者投降,那就是媒體。
We may easily _______ _______ who _______ us on the street, but we often _______ _______ the _______ salesman:_______ _______.
2.下次,當你在考慮購買一樣東西,而這種想法基於收音機、報紙、雜誌、網路或電視廣告,你就問問自己:「我是否又是正在被洗腦呢?」
The next time when you think about _______ _______ _______ based on a radio, newspaper, magazine, Internet, or _______ _______ , _______ _______ _______ , “Am I _______ _______ again?”
三、答案
1. reject、salespeople
2. approach
3. surrender、to
4. ultimate
5. mass、media
6. making、a、purchase
7. TV、advertisement
8. think、to、yourself
9. being、brainwashed(正在進行+被動 be being+p.p)