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
一些英語(yǔ)教師積極鼓勵學(xué)生使用主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，而另一些教師則允許學(xué)生使用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)和被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)的區別是什么？這些區別為什么如此重要？
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.”
使用主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)的句子例如“The detective discovered that the manager was a thief.”（偵探發(fā)現經(jīng)理是小偷），而使用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)的句子則是“It was discovered that the manager was a thief.”（經(jīng)理被發(fā)現是小偷）。
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!
為什么有人會(huì )在這種句子里使用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)？因為他們想說(shuō)經(jīng)理是小偷，但是害怕說(shuō)出原因！
Passive voice is common in scientific papers, because it lets the writers avoid using the words
被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)在科學(xué)論文中很常見(jiàn)，因為它可以讓作者避免使用I、me等詞來(lái)表明的想法的出處。這就是為什么有些教師認為被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)聽(tīng)起來(lái)更文雅。盡管如此，使用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)的句子往往含義更不明確。它也許可以（也許不能）從你的老師那里蒙混過(guò)關(guān)，但是走向社會(huì )后，當人們想說(shuō)點(diǎn)什么時(shí)，就算科學(xué)家們也沒(méi)有含糊不清的權利。
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.
在商業(yè)寫(xiě)作中，主語(yǔ)開(kāi)頭，后面接主語(yǔ)的動(dòng)作，這樣的句子最合乎常理。因此，千萬(wàn)別讓被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)削弱文章的效果。
