英语高手请进,本人学习过程中遇到困难,Certain birds,like pigeons,also seemed to be especially noisy and were reported to be flying in unusual patterns before the earthquake.这句话中的were reported 是被动式吧,那么后面怎么又跟不定式的进行式...
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英语高手请进,本人学习过程中遇到困难,
Certain birds,like pigeons,also seemed to be especially noisy and were reported to be flying in unusual patterns before the earthquake.这句话中的were reported 是被动式吧,那么后面怎么又跟不定式的进行式...
答
第一,鸟不可能自己报道自己,只可能是被别人报道.
第二,句子的意思是,被报道在地震前是用一种不同的姿势飞行.
第三,鸟飞行,只可能是一个在进行的持续的动作.