Nest and Hair

鸟窝与头发

My sister, a primary school teacher,was informed byone of her pupils that a bird had built its nest in the tree outside the classroom.

我姐姐是一位小学老师。一次一个学生告诉她说一只鸟儿在教室外的树上垒了个窝。

"What kind of bird?" my sister asked.

“是什么鸟呢？”我姐姐问她。

"I didn't see the bird, only the nest," replied the child.

“我没看到鸟儿，老师，只看到鸟窝。”那孩子回答说。

"Then, can you give usa description ofthe nest?" my sisterencouragedher .

那么，你能给我们描述一下这个鸟巢吗？”我姐姐鼓励她道。

"Well, it just resembles your hair."

哦，老师，就像你的头发一样。

重点讲解:

1.was informed by

我们来分析下be informed by和being informed by

两个都是正确的，那么关于用法：

"被sb告知"用在句首时，应该用being informed by sb还是be informed by sb?

例句如下：

Li was informed by Jack that he had to pay 20 for the book.

李被杰克告知，他必须为那本书赔付20元。

be informed by这里是做谓语。

LI,being informed by Jack he had to pay 20 for the book then,was playing cards.

李，当时被告知必须为那本书赔付20元的时候，正在打牌。

being informing by这里是做定语。

Summary：

being形式要么是分词，现在分词或者过去分词，即，谓语。

要么是做定语，这个时候即非谓语。所以第二例句有was playing cards这个谓语。

2.a description of

a description of表示对某某东西的一个描述。

3.encouraged her

encouraged sb表示鼓励某人。