Verbs come in two types, active and passive.

动词有两种语态，主动和被动。

The passive takes you away from the event itself a little bit.

被动能让你有一点点远离该事件本身的作用。

And it's not just passive structures, it's entire machines.

不光被动结构，整个机器也已经造出来了。

Hey Jack, can you tell us more about that?

彩虹爷爷绘画的灵感来自于生活中的事物 Grandpa Rainbow's paintings are inspired by things in his life 我们先来看动词 inspire 赋予灵感或给予启示的意思 用在被动的型里就 A is inspired by B 表示A被B赋予灵感的换 A 的灵感来自于 B 比如 This painting is inspired by the beautiful autumn leaves. 这幅画的灵感来自于美丽的秋天树叶 The story is inspired by a brave woman. 这个故事的灵感来自于一名勇敢的女性？

I've been, it's been, I did manage to use a passive here, so I was asked to go.

I've been，it's been，我确实在这里成功地使用了被动，所以我被要求去。

" The earthquake toppled the Central Bank." You can do this in the passive, and you can read this in a newspaper or hear it on a news report, on TV, or on your laptop, or whatever screen you're using.

“地震摧毁了中央银行。”你也可以成被动，你可以在报纸上读到，也可以在新闻报道、电视、笔记本电脑或任何你正在使用的屏幕上看到。

The operator of one of these rooms said, " Unlike passive forms of entertainment, escape rooms require engagement and teamwork, making them a favorite among people seeking unique social experiences."

其中一家密室的运营者表示：“与被动娱乐不同，密室逃脱需要参与和团队合作，因此深受追求独特社交体验人群的喜爱。”

Or they can be more simple, passive designs that use springs and dampeners.

也有比较简单的运用弹簧和减震器的被动设计。

So, if you can say by who, by a person, by someone, by a body of people - you're using the passive.

如果你用到被某人，由某人，由某一个人—你就在使用被动。

So, you can use the passive to talk about simple facts like this, about which currency is used in which countries.

你可以像这样，用被动来陈述简单的事实，来明哪个国家用哪种货币。

Passive solar energy doesn't use any equipment.

被动太阳能不使用任何设备。

The central placement of that, of course, it's not occasionally, This is an architectural technique of energy passive house taken from ancestors when the center of each house was a stolen fire of the main source to heat.

这种中央布置当然不偶然的，这从祖先那里借鉴而来的被动房屋建筑技术， 每栋房子的中心都会有一个主要热源来供暖。

Passive systems take advantage of the location or design of a house.

被动系统利用房屋的位置或设计。

Today there are passive wearables that automatically detect falls, and camera-based surveillance systems to monitor elder safety.

如今，有可自动检测跌倒的被动可穿戴设备，以及用于监控老年人安全的基于摄像头的监控系统。