This sentence is in the passive voice.

这个句子是被动语态。

And then we use the passive voice.

然后我们就用被动语态。

I used the passive voice instead of the active voice.

我使用的是被动语态而不是主动语态。

One is the passive voice and the other is adjectives.

一个是被动语态，另一个是词。

This sentence is in the passive voice and the future tense.

这个句子是被动语态和将来时态。

Notice how in the first sentence, we use the passive voice.

注意在第一句中，我们是如何使用被动语态的。

This is the same as when we use the passive voice.

这跟我们使用被动语态时相同。

This is the past perfect tense but also the passive voice.

这是过去完成时，但也是被动语态。

So why do we use the passive voice?

那么我们为什么要用被动语态呢？

And sometimes the passive voice just sounds better.

有时候，被动语态听起来会更好。

First, don't use the passive voice unless you have a good reason.

首先，不要使用被动语态，除非你有一个好的理由。

Or in the passive voice, my father was brought up to respect authority.

或者用被动语态，我父亲从小就被教育要尊重权威。

Even the feeling of sadness is floating there unclaimed. Children hear the passive voice.

甚至没有任何人为此感到悲伤。孩子们听到的都是被动语态。

And we're also going to quiz you about the passive voice in English.

我们还会考考你英语中的被动语态。

You should avoid the passive voice and use the active voice most of the time.

你应该避免使用被动语态，并且大部分时候使用主动语态。

Now — There's nothing technically grammatically wrong with the passive voice.

现在——被动语态在语法上没有错误。

Plus there was a number of complex sentences and the passive voice.

另外还有一些复杂句子和被动语态。

So sometimes the passive voice sounds more elegant.

所以有时候被动语态听起来更优雅。

The passive voice was deployed in one out of six sentences written by this class.

这个班级每写六个句子中就有一个使用被动语态。

Next, let's talk about the passive voice — the second use for the past participle.

接下来，我们来谈谈被动语态——过去分词的第二种用法。