Lesson 10 not for jazz 不适于演奏爵士乐
A. The passive: the simple present and the simple past
Write in the correct form of the verbs in brackets.用括号中动词的正确形式填空。
POLLY, THE PARROT WITH A BROKEN HEART
I’ve just bought a parrot from a pet shop. Polly was taught (1 teach/taught) to speak English by a sailor when he was young. I never know what Polly is going to say. If I say ‘Hullo, Polly,’ he sometimes answers, ‘Why am Ikept (2 keep/kept) here? My heart is broken (3 break/broke/broken).’
Recently, Polly was heard (4 hear/heard) to cry, ‘I was sold (5 sell/sold) for a penny! I was brought (6 bring/brought) to this awful place!’ Polly’s cries were heard (7 hear/heard) by my neighbor, Mrs. Gamp. I asked her to meet Polly.
‘Poor Polly,’ Mrs. Gamp said. ‘Why is your heart broken (8 break/ broke/broken)?’
‘It’s none of your business,’ Polly said. ‘This is a private conversation.’
B. The passive
Rewrite these sentences making the word or words underlined the subject of the sentence.改写以下句子，把有下划线的词作为主语。
1. Someone made the piano in Germany. The piano was made in Germany by someone.
2. We keep it in the living room. It is kept in the living room.
3. Someone tunes it every six months. It is tuned every six months.
4. My mother bought it twenty-five years ago. It was bought twenty-five years ago(by my mother).
5. Some one damaged the piano recently. The piano was damaged recently.
6. They broke some of the keys. Some of the keys were broken.
7. A friend is now repairing the piano in the workshop. The piano is now being repaired in the workshop.
C. Phrasal verbs
Rewrite these sentences using it or them in place of the words in brackets.改写以下句子，用it或them来替代括号中的词组。
1. Take (your coat) off. Take it off.
2. Take off (your shoes). Take them off.
3. I gave a way (all my old clothes). I gave them all away.
4. Take care not to wake up (the children). Take care not to wake them up.
5. They have pulled (the old hotel) down. They have pulled it down.
C. Special difficulties: made in/from/of/by.
Fill in the blanks in these sentences with made in, made from, made of or made by. 填空。
1. This valuable violin was made in Italy in 1710.
2. It was made by a famous Italian violin-maker named Antonio Stradivari.
3. The violin was made of a special wood.
4. The strings of the violin are made from wire and other things.
D. Special difficulties
Rewrite this short paragraph using different phrases for the ones underlined. Look at the examples.参看例句，改写以下一小段话，用不同的词组来替代划线部分。
Last month one of my father’s friends sent me a letter. It was in answer to one of my letters. I sent mine from London, but his was from Hollywood. You see, he is now a famous film star, but he went to school with my father. I’m sure you’ve all seen one of his films.
Some of my friends are very envious and want to know if I have ever met him. I haven’t.
One day one of his letters will be very valuable. I think I’ll keep this one very carefully.
Answer:
Last month a friend of my father’s sent me a letter. It was in answer to a letter of mine. I sent mine from London, but his was from Hollywood. You see, he is now a famous film star, but he went to school with my father. I’m sure you’ve all seen a film of his.
Some friends of mine are very envious and want to know if I have ever met him. I haven’t.
One day a letter of his will be very valuable. I think I’ll keep this one very carefully.
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