a)verb preposition,eg:look after,look into,talk about: The children are well looked after. This matter is being looked into. Other possibilities were talked about at the meeting. b)verb adverb,eg:set up,put off,bring about: When was the hospital set up? The sport meet is to be put off. A new outburst of revolutionary enthusiasm will soon be brought about
6 ❖ a) verb + preposition, eg: look after, look into, talk about: ❖ The children are well looked after. ❖ This matter is being looked into. ❖ Other possibilities were talked about at the meeting. ❖ b) verb + adverb , eg: set up, put off, bring about: ❖ When was the hospital set up? ❖ The sport meet is to be put off. ❖ A new outburst of revolutionary enthusiasm will soon be brought about
c)verb adverb+preposition,eg:do away with face up to,put up with: That sort of thing should be done away with There's no running away from the facts;they just have to be faced up to. Such a state of things cannot be put up with. B)passive voice of "verb+noun+ preposition” Theverb noun preposition"combination may have two passive possibilities.The first of these is to treat the combination as a single transitive verb,eg
7 ❖ c) verb + adverb + preposition, eg: do away with, face up to, put up with: ❖ That sort of thing should be done away with. ❖ There’s no running away from the facts; they just have to be faced up to. ❖ Such a state of things cannot be put up with. ❖ B) passive voice of “verb + noun + preposition” ❖ The “verb + noun + preposition” combination may have two passive possibilities. The first of these is to treat the combination as a single transitive verb,eg:
He took great care of his books His book were taken great care of. The second is to treat the combination as"verb noun preposition",and put the whole prepositional phrase after the passive verb,eg He took great care of his books. Great care was taken of his books. Compare: They had made a mess of the house The house had been made a mess of.(第一种用法) A mess had been made of the house.(第二种用法). 。注意：采用第二种形式时要把整个介词词组放到被动 态动词的后面去。 (e n d
8 ❖ He took great care of his books. ❖ His book were taken great care of. ❖ The second is to treat the combination as “verb + noun + preposition” , and put the whole prepositional phrase after the passive verb,eg: ❖ He took great care of his books. ❖ Great care was taken of his books. ❖ Compare: ❖ They had made a mess of the house. ❖ The house had been made a mess of.(第一种用法) ❖ A mess had been made of the house. (第二种用法) ❖ 注意：采用第二种形式时要把整个介词词组放到被动 态动词的后面去。 （ｅｎｄ）
3)Active constructions expressing passive meanings There are verbs that can be either transitive? or intransitive and which can be active in form but passive in meaning.The following two points may be noted.The first of these which occurs chiefly in the present progressive(如do,owe,cook,bind,print.等 动词。这类结构是早期英语遗留下来的用法 常见于日常用语以及某些行业的专门术语中)， eg:
9 3) Active constructions expressing passive meanings ❖ There are verbs that can be either transitive or intransitive and which can be active in form but passive in meaning. The following two points may be noted. The first of these, which occurs chiefly in the present progressive(如do,owe, cook, bind, print 等 动词。这类结构是早期英语遗留下来的用法， 常见于日常用语以及某些行业的专门术语中), eg:
÷The house is building. ÷The book is printing. The dinner is cooking Verbs used in this way can also be made passive.compare: The house is being built. The book is being printed. The dinner is being cooked. *The second type occurring frequently in the simple present is only found when the subject is represented as having certain inherent qualities which promote,hamper
10 ❖ The house is building. ❖ The book is printing. ❖ The dinner is cooking. ❖ Verbs used in this way can also be made passive. compare: ❖ The house is being built. ❖ The book is being printed. ❖ The dinner is being cooked. ❖ The second type occurring frequently in the simple present is only found when the subject is represented as having certain inherent qualities which promote, hamper