主动形式表示被动意义 1、用某些不及物动词表示被动意义 carry, cut, drive, iron, keep,lock,open,pick,read,sell, shut, tear ,wash, wear, write等等。 这类动词既能作及物动词，也能作不及物动词 作不及物动词时，形式上虽为主动，却表示被 动意义。 Meat cuts easily.肉容易切。 His novel sells well.他的小说畅销。 The car drove easily.这车很容易开。 Your pen writes quite smoothly. 你的笔写起来很滑。
2、某些感觉动词的主动态表示被动 意义
This shirt feels much softer than that one. 这件衬衫比那件衬衫摸起来柔软得多。 That book smells old.那本书有一股霉味。 These oranges taste nice.这些橙子味道很好。 以上这些动词都不能用进行时表示。若用 进行时，则表示主动含义。 The child is smelling the paint.小孩正在闻 油漆的气味。 While mom is cooking in the kitchen, I am tasting the dishes. 妈妈在厨房做菜，我就 开始尝了。
Lesson 10 Not For Jazz
We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord. It was made in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the living-room. It has belong to our family for a long time. The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we are not allowed to touch it. It is being repaired by a friend of my father's. 我家有件古乐器，被称作古钢琴，是1681年德国造的。我们 的这架古钢琴存放在起居室里。我们家有这件乐器已经很久 了， 是我祖父在很多年以前买的.可它最近被一个客人弄坏了， 因为她用它来弹奏爵士乐。她在击琴键时用力过猛，损坏了 两根琴弦。我父亲大为吃惊，不许我们再动它。父亲的一个 朋友正在修理这件乐器。
