: ※ 引述《houch (Amazing Evelyn)》之銘言： : : 這次學校段考出來的題目, : : 學校老師討論過但是有不同意見, : : 想問問大家是否有其他意見?! : : 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 這兩題的題目跟選項，如果照原post，答案很明顯，(1) 的A沒有"to" ，(2)的B多了個 "to"。我想這兩題討論的重點，應該是放在主被動。 (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. 我整理出一些資料，板上大大可以自行比對看看。 [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] 以主動呈現，[4] ~ [12] 則以被動呈現。值得注意的是 [10] ~ [12] 後面有 明顯的介系詞引導出被動。 以 there be 而言 [13] [14] 為主動形式，這似乎是很多人習慣的用法。不過我找出更多被動的 例子 [15] ~ [24]。我也找了字典和文法書進一步驗證一下。 [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) [結論] 綜合以上資料，我個人是傾向(1A)(1B)(2A)(2B)都可以接受。不過，我也認為出題老師 或許該審慎評量出此種考題。 FYI : --

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