Verbs come in two types, active and passive.

词有两种语态，主式和被式。

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

被式能让你有一点点远离该事件本身用。

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

不光是被式结构，整个机器也已经造出来了。

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

也有比较简单运用弹簧和减震器被式设计。

Hey Jack, can you tell us more about that?

彩虹爷爷绘画灵感是来自于生活中事物 Grandpa Rainbow's paintings are inspired by things in his life 我们先来看词 inspire 它是赋予灵感或给予启示意思 用在被式句型里就是 A is inspired by B 表示A是被B赋予灵感换句话 A 灵感是来自于 B 比如 This painting is inspired by the beautiful autumn leaves. 这幅画灵感来自于美丽秋天树叶 The story is inspired by a brave woman. 这个故事灵感是来自于一名勇敢？

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式，所以我被要求去。

Passive solar energy doesn't use any equipment.

被式太阳能不使用任何设备。

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

被式系统利用房屋位置或设计。

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—你就是在使用被式。

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，用被式来陈述简单事实，来明哪个国家用哪种货币。

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

如今，有可自检测跌倒被式可穿戴设备，以及用于监控老年人安全基于摄像头监控系统。

The gimmick is that the homes are called passive - off the grid, energy-ultra-efficient and sleekly designed inside and out.

其噱头在于，这些住宅被称为被式住宅——脱离电网、超节能、内外设计时尚。

" 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。”你也可以成被式，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屏幕上看到。