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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell is a critique of the forces vying for our attention.
Passive constructions with “have been”
By now you likely have a great deal of experience with using the verb "to be" in the passive voice. Today I'd like to dig a bit deeper.
目前为止,在被动语态中使用“to be”你一定经验非常丰富了,今天就让我们学的再深入一点吧。
Remember, we use the passive voice when we want to focus on the receiver of the action, instead of the doer. We might do this because the actor in the sentence is not important, or perhaps because it is vague or unknowable.
请记住,想把注意力集中在动作接受者身上,而不是动作实施者身上时,就会使用被动语态。这样做可能是因为句子中的动作实施者不重要,或者是因为不明确或不知道动作实施者是谁。
For example:
1:All of their past lies have been finally revealed as the deceptions they are.
他们过去撒的种种谎言最终都被揭露,全部都是欺骗。
2:Internet users all around the country have been affected by the new changes.
全国各地的互联网用户都受到了新变化的影响。
By 听友89675341How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell is a critique of the forces vying for our attention.
Passive constructions with “have been”
By now you likely have a great deal of experience with using the verb "to be" in the passive voice. Today I'd like to dig a bit deeper.
目前为止,在被动语态中使用“to be”你一定经验非常丰富了,今天就让我们学的再深入一点吧。
Remember, we use the passive voice when we want to focus on the receiver of the action, instead of the doer. We might do this because the actor in the sentence is not important, or perhaps because it is vague or unknowable.
请记住,想把注意力集中在动作接受者身上,而不是动作实施者身上时,就会使用被动语态。这样做可能是因为句子中的动作实施者不重要,或者是因为不明确或不知道动作实施者是谁。
For example:
1:All of their past lies have been finally revealed as the deceptions they are.
他们过去撒的种种谎言最终都被揭露,全部都是欺骗。
2:Internet users all around the country have been affected by the new changes.
全国各地的互联网用户都受到了新变化的影响。