: ※ 引述《houch (Amazing Evelyn)》之铭言： : : 这次学校段考出来的题目, : : 学校老师讨论过但是有不同意见, : : 想问问大家是否有其他意见?! : : I would like to ask two English grammar questions. : : 1. This question is too difficult ________________. : : (A) answer (B) to be answered : : : : 2. There are a lot of questions to ________________. : : (A) answer (B) to be answered 这两题的题目跟选项，如果照原post，答案很明显，(1) 的A没有"to" ，(2)的B多了个 "to"。我想这两题讨论的重点，应该是放在主被动。 (1A) This question is too difficult to answer. (1B) This question is too difficult to be answered. (2A) There are a lot of questions to answer. (2B) There are a lot of questions to be answered. 我整理出一些资料，板上大大可以自行比对看看。 [1]Irish said No to Lisbon Treaty as it was 'too difficult to understand' (Headline)(Times) [2]Pakistan's floods have left a country that's too difficult to rule (Headline)(Telegraph) [3] They were always considered by scientists to be 'too difficult to study' due to the rough mountainous terrain and foggy conditions in the forests where they occur," says Dr Peter Fashing from California State University, Fullerton, California, US, one of the co-authors of the study. (BBC) [4] I don't think it's possible to claim that the topics dealt with in classics are too difficult to be clearly explained. (Independent) [5] It will confuse and upset them and I can see many of these forms not being returned because they are too difficult to be filled in. (Courier) [6] However, this level of mathematics is too difficult to be simply read and understood, and despite their claim that "you shouldn't have to open another book to understand this one," readers would be better served by working through a textbook on number theory. (American Scientist) [7] This criticism is intended to be helpful', by suggesting that things too difficult to be accomplished should not be attempted. (NY Times) [8] Four of the 11 children held at Polmont were deemed as "too difficult" to be contained at secure units, the report said. (BBC) [9] He said: "They teach the words and phrases needed...and convey a reassurance that these situations are not too difficult to be faced".(BBC) [10] These planets are too small and too difficult to be seen with past telescopes. (ABC News) [11] A number of critics argue that patent issues are too difficult to be decided by people with little experience in evaluating complex technologies. (NY Times) [12] Did it mean I wasn't screwed up enough to be interesting, or was my case too difficult to be dealt with by someone in training? (NY Times) [13] Of course, there is the love of family and friends to fall back on, but they may know less than we do, and their concerned phrases-"It does get better"; "Two years is what they say"; "You are looking more yourself"- are often based on uncertain authority and general hopefulness.(NY Times) [14] There is much to do; cutting back, preparing the soil and garlic planting. (BBC) [15] Big business: There is profit to be made in decency (Headine) (Guardian) [16] There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. (Bertrand Russell) (British author, mathematician, & philosopher) [17] There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. (Wilde, Oscar) [18] But there is much to be done in the city of New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast. (CNN) [19] "There is a strong case to be made that we are already at 'peak gold', " he told The Daily Telegraph at the RBC's annual gold conference in London. (Telegraph) [20] Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed. (H. L. Mencken) [21] Insurance Companies Find There Is Money to Be Made in Green Technology (Headline) (NY Times) [22] There are big savings to be made by switching away from British Gas, writes Melanie Wright (Headline)(Telegraph) [23] Perhaps there are lessons, after all, to be learned for Ireland. (Independent) [24] There are burnt-out tanks, but few Israeli troops to be seen (Headline)(Guardian) 以 too ~ to而言 [1] ~ [3] 以主动呈现，[4] ~ [12] 则以被动呈现。值得注意的是 [10] ~ [12] 後面有 明显的介系词引导出被动。 以 there be 而言 [13] [14] 为主动形式，这似乎是很多人习惯的用法。不过我找出更多被动的 例子 [15] ~ [24]。我也找了字典和文法书进一步验证一下。 [25] There are many things to be considered. (Merriam-Webser's Learner's Dictionary p. 1704) [26] After the subject "there", we can use either an active or a passive to-infinitive. There are some letters to write/to be written today. There's a bill to pay/to be paid. (Oxford Practice Grammar p.140) [结论] 综合以上资料，我个人是倾向(1A)(1B)(2A)(2B)都可以接受。不过，我也认为出题老师 或许该审慎评量出此种考题。 FYI : --

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