吴宜涛2011/5TranslationofSentencesofSpecialPatterns•TranslationofthePassivefromEnglishtoChinese•FrequentUseofthePassive•ThepassiveaboundsinEnglish
Generallyspeaking,whentheagentisunknownorneednotbementioned,ortheobjectoftheactionistobeemphasized,thepassivemaybeemployed
•Visitorsarerequestedtowait
•来宾请等候
•Newfactoriesarebeingbuiltalloverthecountry
•全国到处在兴建新工厂
•Yoursuggestionhasbeendulynoted
•你的建议已得到适当的注意
•Thefirstclockwithweightsandwheelsissaidtohavebeeninventedabouttheyear1000A
,butclocksofthatkindcouldnotbecarriedaboutfromplacetoplace
AnotherfourhundredandfiftyyearspassedbeforethefirstwatchwasmadeinGermany
•据说第一座装有钟摆和齿轮的钟大约是在公元一千年左右发明的,但是这样的钟不便携带
又过了四百五十年,第一块表才在德国制造出来
•CommonWaystoTranslatetheEnglishPassive•ConverttheEnglishPassiveintotheChineseActive•(1)Usetheoriginalsubjectasthenewsubjec