Some English teachers actively encourage their students to depend on active voice, while others allow their students to depend on passive voice. What’s the difference, and why is the difference important?
一些英语教师积极鼓励学生使用主动语态,而另一些教师则允许学生使用被动语态。主动语态和被动语态的区别是什么?这些区别为什么如此重要?
Active voice appears in sentences such as, “The detective discovered that the manager was a thief.” Passive voice appears in sentences such as, “It was discovered that the manager was a thief.”
使用主动语态的句子例如“The detective discovered that the manager was a thief.”(侦探发现经理是小偷),而使用被动语态的句子则是“It was discovered that the manager was a thief.”(经理被发现是小偷)。
Why would someone use passive voice in a sentence like that? Because they want to call the manager a thief, but are afraid to say why!
为什么有人会在这种句子里使用被动语态?因为他们想说经理是小偷,但是害怕说出原因!
Passive voice is common in scientific papers, because it lets the writers avoid using the words I or we, to avoid saying where their ideas came from. That’s why some teachers think that passive voice sounds more educated. Usually, though, it’s simply less definite. It might (or might not) fool your teacher, but in the real world, when they have something to say, even scientists don’t have the luxury of not being definite.
被动语态在科学论文中很常见,因为它可以让作者避免使用I、me等词来表明的想法的出处。这就是为什么有些教师认为被动语态听起来更文雅。尽管如此,使用被动语态的句子往往含义更不明确。它也许可以(也许不能)从你的老师那里蒙混过关,但是走向社会后,当人们想说点什么时,就算科学家们也没有含糊不清的权利。
In business writing, sentences make the most sense when the subject comes first, followed by what the subject is doing. So make sure passive writing is not reducing the efficiency of your words.
在商业写作中,主语开头,后面接主语的动作,这样的句子最合乎常理。因此,千万别让被动语态削弱文章的效果。
面试口语开场对话
双语情景对话:买直达火车票
双语情景对话:你要戒烟了
英语面试题:为什么喜欢这个工作
你在忙么的英语表达
英语故事:懒纺妇故事
英语小故事:杨布打狗(附翻译)
EQ让你的面试锦上添花
英语情景对话:介绍和开场白
英语小故事:Speak English
双语情景对话:中秋团圆
双语情景对话:购买隐形眼镜
面试口语:姓名和年龄的问法。
英语小故事:Bad Dreams
双语情景对话:Working on Sunday
英文情景对话:在公路上
关于运气的英语小故事(附翻译)
双语情景对话:想去买书
山鸡与凤凰的故事
英语面试题:关于长远的事业目标
短小英语故事
面试口语:关于家眷
英文情景对话:在旅馆
关于“裸辞”
双语情景对话:买手机
双语情景对话:买礼物
英语情景对话:租汽车
英文情景对话:找住房
英语情景对话:节假日的问候
双语故事:亲爱的爸爸
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |