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-ing and -ed as complement
3
Rewrite the underlined sentences in the
interview, using the -ing and -ed forms to
make it more compact and coherent.
Attracted / Attracting by mermaids since she
was a child, Hannah Fraser created her rst tail
when she was only nine years old. Now, she
is a model and performance artist devoted /
devoting to ocean conservation. She can be
seen worn / wearing mermaid clothing and
dived / diving up to 50 feet underwater to
swim with dolphins, sharks and whales. She
appeared in The Cove, a documentary aiming
at highlighting the cruelty of dolphin hunting.
Besides performing and modelling, Hannah
travels the world given / giving presentations
and talks, getting more people involved /
involving in the conservation of ocean life.
Reporter: Hello from Sanjiangyuan National
Nature Reserve (SNNR). With me
today is Lin Feng, a staff member
working here. Lin Feng, can you tell
us a bit about SNNR?
Lin Feng: Well, SNNR was established in
2000 and is the highest and second
largest nature reserve in China. Here,
you can see dramatic landscapes.
They change from mountains
to grasslands, forests to rivers.
Most importantly, it contains the
headwaters of the Yellow River, the
Changjiang River and the Lancang
River.
Reporter: What’s the biggest problem faced by
SNNR?
Lin Feng: In recent years, we have seen large
areas of wetland that were damaged
by human activity. This has had a
negative impact on the unique plants
and animals living there. We’ve also
seen droughts and oods caused
by these changes, which affect the
water supply downstream. It is an
integrated system, you see.
Reporter: And what sort of work are you doing
to help solve these problems?
Lin Feng: Our job is to protect and restore the
natural environment. This includes
keeping the original environment
from being touched, as well as
adopting new, sustainable ways of
feeding farm animals.
a We see a woman swimming at night in a
dark sea.
b It made people frightened of sharks, ...
1
Look at the sentences from the reading
passage and answer the questions.
2
Read the passage and choose the correct form
of the verbs.
1 In sentence (a), who is swimming at night?
2 In sentence (b), who is frightened of sharks?
3 Why does the author choose to use different
forms of verbs in the two sentences?
Now look for more sentences with these
structures in the reading passage.
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