3.我们被告知了这个噩耗：祖母死了

我们讲会说一个坏消息——奶奶去世了

我们被告知一个坏消息----奶奶去世了

(说明自己were will没有分清)

我们被告知了这个噩耗：祖母死了

We were told the bad news that grandmother died.

We were told the bad news that grandma had died.

were 轻读 the（空半拍）

如果 a bad news (连读会更快)

that （t 不发音 空出时间 停顿）

had 轻读

时间先后的问题 过去时 的 过去 所以要有过去完成时

we were told that the tickets had been sold done.

语态：被动时态（be+done）（强调客观事实，不强调动作的执行者）

it is said + .....据说

it is suggested that + .... 被建议

it has been proved that +...... 被证明

同位语从句 解释了bad news 

news 不可数名词

We were told that bad news that grandmother's third little sister had died.