'Twas the nocturnal segment of the diurnal period preceding the annual Yuletide celebration, and throughout our place of residence, kinetic activity was not in evidence among the possessors of this potential, including that species of domestic rodent known as Mus Musculus....

不知道大家的英文老師有沒有提到，英/美國與中國在語言用法上有些文化上的差異。中國人婉轉，話是語意越模糊越好。英語國家則相反，話是越精簡越清楚越好。有些人說英文時會忘了這點，造句上雖然文法正確，但另人看了不解。

btw, 臺灣高中英文都教些甚麼?

搞不清楚這個文法結構

1. S V S C 後 adj 當 分詞用現在式用ing，被動用pp嗎？

2. S V O O 這個文法也一樣嗎？

be v
連綴動詞：seem appear
feel smell taste
look sound
become get grow turn

另外：

we make the boy do the chores. 那個do是否跟scolded轉換過來？來形容前面那個boy？

S V S C = subject + verb + subject complement

動詞轉換的形容詞用 ed 和 ing 意思有差，要用那個你要先了解 'ed 與 'ing 間的差別

interest （動）使人感到興趣
interesting （形）另人感到興趣
　She is interesting 她令人感到有趣
interested （形）對某物感到有興趣
　She is interested [about studying aboard] 她對[出國留學]感到有趣
　= [Studying aboard] interests her [出國留學]另她感到興趣

bore （動）使人感到無聊
boring （形）另人感到無聊
　You are boring! 你這個人很無聊!
bored （形）覺得無聊
　You look bored 你看起來很無聊
　= Does the game bores you? 這比賽讓你感到無聊嗎?

基本上 ing 有主動的意思，ed 有被動的意思

用甚麼取決於意思，與句型無關

S V O O = ?? (打錯了嗎?)

we make the boy do the chores = 我們叫小孩做家事
scold = 罵
(we scold the boy do the chores = 我們罵小孩做家事?) 語意不通
應該是
we scold the boy 我們罵小孩
we scold the boy and make him do the chores 我們罵小孩，然後叫他做家事

我覺得你讀英文的方式有錯誤。動詞呀、名詞呀、ing、ed 等等也許可以解釋句子，但是要造句還是要靠練習，讀太多文法只會讓你困惑

'Twas the nocturnal segment of the diurnal period preceding the annual Yuletide celebration, and throughout our place of residence, kinetic activity was not in evidence among the possessors of this potential, including that species of domestic rodent known as Mus Musculus....
各位猜的出它的意思嗎?

btw, 臺灣高中英文都教些甚麼?

這位白吃沒品，人家寫那麼多還砍我的文 (氣!氣!氣!)

我看不懂啦... 'twas 就看不懂了...= ="

'Twas = Contraction of it was.

這位白吃沒品，人家寫那麼多還砍我的文 (氣!氣!氣!)