被动语态的最佳用法,被动语态用法

The great statue, which was designed by the sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, took ten years to complete.

1）注意因为这个statue是唯一的，所以其定语从句采用了which引导的非限定性定语从句。

2）sculptor，雕刻家。

3）注意take的用法：sth. take sb. some time to do sth.，句中省略了sb.，因为定语从句中已经说明了雕刻者是谁，所以take后面就无需再次说明是谁了。

The actual figure was made of copper supported by a metal framework which had been especially constructed by Eiffel.

1）actual，实际的。

2）figure，人物、塑像。

3）be made of，由...制成。注意与be made from（原材料不可见，即成品看不出原材料是什么）的区别。

4）supported by...是定语，用来修饰先行词copper，其完整原形为：which/that was supported by a metal framework。

5）a metal framework，金属框架。

6）which引导的定语从句，修饰先行词framework。

7）construct，建造。其名词为construction。

Before it could be transported to the United States, a site had to be found for it and a pedestal had to be built.

1）transport，运输。其名词形式为transportation。

2）site，地点、位置。

3）pedestal，基架、底座。

The site chosen was an island at the entrance of New York Harbour.

1）chosen用作后置定语，修饰site。其完整原形为：which/that was chosen。

2）island，岛屿。

3）at the entrance of，在...的入口处。

4）harbour，港口（注意美式英语的拼法为harbor），多指天然港口。人工港口多用port。

By 1884, a statue which was 151 feet tall had been erected in Paris. The following year, it was taken to pieces and sent to America.

1）erect，矗立、竖立。其名词为erection。

2）the following year，第二年。相当于the next year。

3）take...to pieces，把...拆卸开。

By the end of October 1886, the statue had been put together again and it was officially presented to the American people by Bartholdi.

1）by the end of，到...时候为止。其所在句子的谓语动词一般都要用完成时。如果是过去时间，则采用过去完成时；如果是将来时间，则采用将来完成时。

2）put...together，把...组装起来。

3）officially，正式地。

Ever since then, the great monument has been a symbol of liberty for the millions of people who have passed through New York Harbour to make their homes in America.

1）ever since then，自从那之后。其所在句子的谓语动词一般都要用完成时。

2）a symbol of，...的象征。

3）millions of，成百上千万。

4）pass through，通过、经过。

5）make one's home in，在某地安家、定居。