The Subjunctive Mood(英语资料)(6)

e. 贬义行为主要用get被动

The university got taken over/ was taken over by the army.

4. active passive voice:

感官联系动词表示主语的特征：look, smell, sound, feel, and taste.

The carpet feels soft.= The carpet is felt as being soft.

The sentence sounds correct.

He says he is ill, but he does look it.

不及物动词：其一般现在时表示动作的潜在意义和永久性，隐含can的意义。可有其被动式取

代, eg. Clean, divide, freeze, handle, mark, write, wash, sell, polish etc.

A porcelain sink cleans /can be cleaned easily.

The books translate well.

不及物动词用于won’t 或wouldn’t 后：

The window won’t open/ can’t be opened.

That jeep wouldn’t start.

The pictures he paints won’t sell.

动名词的主动形式表被动意义：want, need, require, deserve, worth, etc.

The book is worth reading.

This point deserves mentioning.

The children need looking after.

Can和may:

表现在的可能性：

在肯定句中，表示现在、将来或泛指不定时间的可能性时用could/may/might

在肯定句中，can不能表示实际的可能性(factual possibility) 但可表推理的可能性(theoretical

possibility), 这时也可被could取代。May在肯定句中既可表示实际的可能也可表示推理的可能性，语气比can强。

Even expert drivers can/could make mistakes.

=Even expert drivers sometimes make mistakes.

The illness can /may be fatal.

在肯定句中

MAY 表示现实可能性，CAN表示理论可能性。

The road may be blocked. =It is possible that the road is blocked.

The road can be blocked. =It is possible for the road to be blocked.

在非肯定句中

can表示现在、将来、或泛指不定时间的可能性。不存在can和could的实际可能性和推理可能

性的区别了。

May/might 表可能性不能用于疑问句中。

Can the news be true?

It can’t be true.

在否定句中，

二者之间的区分不在于实际可能性与推理可能性，而在于意义不同：

He may not /might not be in England.可能不

You cannot/could not talk to the dead. 不可能

表示过去的可能性：can/could/may/might +have done