3.被動語態利用by短語強調施動者It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never en,by people who waited three hours and four hours,many for the first time in their lives,bebsp;they believed that this time must be different,that their voibsp;could be that difference.tess: Tell me thy reason why thou wilt marry.: My poor body,madam,requires it.I am driven on by the flesh; and he must needs go that the devil drives.(All’s Well That Ends Well)“Why,my dear,you must know,Mrs.Long says that herfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chai and four to e the plad was so mubsp;delighted with it,that he agreed with Mr.Morris immediately.”

(Pride and Prejudice)The hour was near nine in the evening; the room was dimly lighted by a single dle.(A Watcher By The Dead)As the flowers are all made sweeter by the sunshine and the dew,so this old world is made brighter by the lives of folks like you.(Bonnie Parker)

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