新标准大学英语（第二版）综合教程3 （智慧版）湖北大学编B3U5Guided writing.ppt

RewritingEssaywritingGuidedwritingLanguagestructures

GuidedwritingMoreLanguagestructuresWhydoweusepassivevoice?Practice

GuidedwritingWhentheagentoftheactionisunknownorunimportant1E.g.Thenewstudents’centrewascompletedlast

week.NOTEThepeoplewhobuiltthecentreareunnecessaryinformationforthemeaningofthesentenceMoreWhydoweusepassivevoice?

GuidedwritingMoreWhentheagentoftheactionisobviousfromthecontext2E.g.IwasborninApril.Toemphasize(putimportanceon)therecipient(receiver)oftheaction3E.g.OnlyJanewasinjuredintheaccident;theremainderofthepassengerswereunhurt.NOTEwewantJanetobethesubjectofthesentenceandatthebeginningtoemphasizeherimportance.

GuidedwritingThewritingisformal,academicandscientific5E.g.Thesodiumhydroxidewasdissolvedinwater.NOTEPassivevoiceisusuallyusedinlabreportsandscientificresearchpapersWhenitisaboutageneralrule4E.g.Rulesaremadetobebroken.

PracticeGuidedwritingThefollowingsentenceswithpassivevoicearederivedfromActiveReading2(AR2)andReadingAcrossCulture(RAC).Matchthesentenceswiththereasonwhythepassivevoiceisused.More

Guidedwriting1.Otherrelativesliveelsewhereandarerarelyseen.(AR2,Para6)2.…andtheseothersarenotclassifiedaccordingtotheirgroupmembership.(AR2,Para6)3.ThosepeoplewhoarriveinLampedusearepromptlyroundedupandsenttoadetentioncenter…(RAC,Para2)4.Thechildisexpectedtoleavetheparentalhomeassoonasthishasbeenachieved.(AR2,Para6)a.Theimpliedagent-socialscientist-isnotimportant,sothereisnoneedtomentionit.b.Thedeletedagentisambiguous,bytheparentsorbythecommunityorthesociety.c.Thereceiversaremoreimportantbecausethesentencemainlydescribeswhathappenstothemd.Theagentdoesnotneedtobementionedhereasitisobviousinthecontext.

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