第十六单元第一课【故事复现】难以舍弃的房子（上）
• Step 1: Listen and answer the question.
第一步：听Freya慢速朗读的故事，回答下列问题。
Question: Why do people think the writer is mad?
问题：为什么人们认为作者疯了？
• 词汇准备
• mad 发疯
• reason 原因
• sum 量
• determined 坚定的，下决心的
• Step 2: Intensive reading.
第二步：故事精读。
Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport and passing planes can
be heard night and day.
飞机正在逐渐把我逼疯。我住在一个机场附近，过往飞机日夜不绝于耳。
The airport was built years ago, but for some reason it could not be used then. Last
year, however, it came into use.
机场是许多年前建的，但由于某种原因当时未能启用。
Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise.
然而去年机场开始使用了。有100多人肯定是被噪音逼得已经弃家远去。
I am one of the few people left. Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down
by a passing plane.
我是少数留下来的人中的一个。有时我觉得这房子就要被一架飞过的飞机撞
倒。
I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay
here. Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right.
他们曾向我提供一大笔钱让我搬走，但我决定留在这儿。大家都说我肯定是疯
了， 也许他们说的是对的。
第十六单元第二课【故事复现】难以舍弃的房子（下）
• Step 3: Listen again and answer the questions.
第三步：再听一遍，回答下列问题。
1.Is the writer slowly going mad or not?
2.Where does he live?
3.What can be heard night and day?
4.Have most of his neighbours left their homes or not?
5.Has he been offered money to leave or not?
6.What is he determined to do?
7.What does everyone say?
8.Are they probably right or wrong?
Answer: The writer is slowly going mad. He lives near an airport. Passing
planes can be heard night and day. Most of his neighbours have left their
homes. He has been offered money to leave. He is determined to stay.
Everyone says he must be mad. They are probably right.
• Exercise: Sentence structure and vocabulary.
课外练习：句型及词汇训练。
1 The airport _______.
(a)has been used since it was completed
(b)has never been used
(c)came into use recently
(d)has just come into use
2 The writer_______.
(a)will be leaving his house soon
(b) has accepted lot of money for his house
(c)likes the noise of passing planes
(d) has refused to leave his house
3 Passing planes can be heard night and day. You _____ them all the time.
(a)can heard
(b)can to hear
(c)can hear
(d) can be heard
4 It couldn't be used then. It wasn't ______to use it.
(a)able
(b)allowed
(c) impossible
(d) possible
5 Over a hundred people must have been driven away_____ they were.
(a)I think
(b)I'm sure
(c)Certain
(d) Of course
6 I am one of the few people left. So there_______.
(a) are none left
(b) is one left
(c)are some left
(d) are a lot left
7 How much _______? A large sum of money.
(a)you have been offered
(b)have you been offered
(c)you have offered
(d) they offered you
8 I have been offered some money. They want to ______ me some money.
(a)serve
(b) give
(c)take
(d)make
9.I have been offered a large _____ of money.
(a)amount
(b)number
(c)some
(d)piece
10 I am determined to stay here. I _____ stay here.
(a)am will to
(b)want to
(c)may
(d) am going to
l1 Everyone says I must be mad and they are probably right. _______ they are.
(a)Of course
(b)It's certain
(c)Perhaps
(d)It's sure
12 Everyone says I must be mad and that is probably _____.
(a)just
(b)fair
(c)correct
(d)equal
Key: 1c 2d 3c 4d 5a 6c 7b 8b 9a 10d 11c 12c
第十六单元 【语法点拨】主动语态与被动语态的转换(上)
▶ 转换规则
英语中的大多数含有及物动词的主动句都可以转变成被动句，这些主动句包括
单宾语主动句、双宾语主动句、复合宾语主动句、短语动词主动句、介词短语
主动句和成语动词主动句。
把主动语态变为被动语态可以遵循以下几个步骤:
1、先找出谓语动词;
2、再找出谓语动词后的宾语;
3、把宾语改作被动语态中的主语;
4、注意人称、时态和数的变化;
5、除非必要，尽量不要使用by短语
下面分别讨论如何将主动句变成被动句。
▶ 常用时态的主动语态变为被动语态
▪ 一般现在时主动语态变为被动语态。
• Our school teaches English.
→ English is taught at our school.
我们学校教授英语。
• We keep the meat in the refrigerator.
我们把肉保存在冰箱里。
→ The meat is kept in the refrigerator.
肉保存在冰箱里。
▪ 一般过去时变为被动语态。
• The workers built the bridge last year.工人们去年建造了这座桥。
→ The bridge was built last year.这座桥是去年建造的。
• They broke the window last week.他们上周打破了这窗户。
→ The window was broken last week.这窗户是上周被打破的。
▪ 现在进行时变为被动语态。
• The workers are repairing the bridge.工人们正在修桥。
→ The bridge is being repaired.这座桥梁正在修理中。
▪ 过去进行时变为被动语态。
• They were carrying the injured player off the field.
他们正在把受伤的运动员抬离运动场。
→ The injured player was being carried off the field.
这名受伤的运动员正被抬离运动场。
▪ 一般将来时变为被动语态。
• They will complete the high-rise building next year.
他们将于明年建成这座高楼大厦。
The high-rise building will be completed next year.
这座高楼大厦将于明年竣工。
▪ 一般过去将来时变为被动语态。
• They told us that they would complete the railway the following year.
他们告诉我们，他们将于下一年建成这条铁路。
We were told that the railway would be completed the following year.
有人告诉我们，这条铁路将于下一年建成。
▪ 现在完成时变为被动语态。
• They have solved the problem at the meeting.
他们在会上解决了这个问题。
→The problem has been solved at the meeting.
这个问题在会议上解决了。
▪ 过去完成时变为被动语态。
• The workers had completed the high-rise building by the end of last
November.
工人们在去年十一月底就建成了这座高楼大厦。
• The high-rise building had been completed by the end of last November.
这座高楼大厦于去年十一月底竣工。
▪ 将来完成时变为被动语态。
• He will have finished the novel by the end of next year.
到明年年底他将写完这部小说。
→ The novel will have been finished by the end of next year.
这部小说将于明年年底完成。
• By the end of this month, we surely shall have found a satisfactory
solution to the problem.
到本月底我们将肯定找到解决这个问题的满意答案。
A satisfactory solution to the problem surely will have been found by the
end of this month.
到本月底将肯定找到这个问题的满意答案。
▪ 过去将来完成时变为被动语态。
• They told me that they would have completed the giant project by the
end of the year.
他们告诉我，到该年年底他们将完成这个巨大工程。
I was told that the giant project would have been completed by the end
of the year.
有人告诉我，这个巨大工程将于该年年底竣工。
注：其他进行时态的被动语态非常罕用，因此诸如现在完成进行时、过去完成
进行时、将来进行时、过去将来进行时等的主动语态