Grammar 1 - 2. Observation
There was nothing to be done. I’d like to be told what’s going on. Nothing is allowed to be taken out of the reading room.
to be +动词的过去分词表示被动。 不定式一般式所表示的动作通常与谓语 所表示的动作或状态同时发生,或在它 之后发生。