The pen my father gave me as a birthday gift writes smoothly.

父亲作为生日礼物送给我的钢笔写起来很流畅。

2.对系动词而言，如：feel，taste，sound，become，seem等，一般用其主动形式表示被动意义。

这种食品尝起来美味可口。

[正]The food tastes delicious.

[误]The food is tasted delicious.

3.表示状态的动词，如：lack，fit，mean，hold，have，contain，resemble等，不用于被动语态。

简长得像莉莲。

[正]Jane resembles Lilian.

[误]Lilian is resembled by Jane.

4.不及物动词或不及物动词短语，如die，disappear，end(vi.结束)，fail，happen，lie，sit，break out，come true，fall asleep，keep silence，take place等没有被动语态。

The war broke out in 1986.

那场战争爆发于1986年。

即时跟踪1

(1)用所给动词的正确形式填空

①-Why did you leave that position?

-I was offered(offer) a better position at IBM.

②More than a dozen students in that school were sent(send) abroad to study foreign language last year.

③Linda，make sure the tables are set(set) before the guests arrive.

④A piano concert was given(give) in Jinan last Saturday.

⑤Once harm is done(do) to the nervous system of people，it can hardly be recovered.

(2)句型转换

①The teacher told the children a story.

The children were told a story by the teacher.

②Different cooks in different parts of China cook dishes in different ways.

Dishes are cooked in different ways by different cooks in different parts of China.

③They watched the children sing that morning.

The children were watched to sing that morning.

④The city is visited by about 20,000 tourists every day.

About 20,000 tourists visit the city every day.