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He told me about his name.=他把他名字的故事講給我聽。
He told me his name.=他告訴我他的名字是什麼。
The boss told the employees about the new appointment before he made the news to the public. =老板把跟新人事任命有關的消息,在發布給社會大眾之前,就先告知了員工。(員工是從老板那裡得知新人事任命消息的;做這件事的人比較重要:老板不該這麼做。)
The employees were told about the new appointment before the news was made public.=在新的人事任命發布之前,員工就得知消息了。(兩件事的先後比誰來發布重要,因為造成了問題:不該有部分人先知道這消息。消息是誰發布的沒那麼重要。)
題目的重點就是如此,要注意全句的語意焦點。
ABC三個選項的時態(或語法)都不正確:1) were aware of (不能用about)
2) had known(要用過去完成式來形成時差,因為發生在過去簡單式was made之前)
看到被動式動詞的狀況時,可先還原成主動式後,再來考慮全句邏輯,和主要子句與附屬子句有無時差。