——How was the concert last night? ——It was ____.
A. disappointing B. disappointed C. disappoint D. being disappointed 《新高考英语必考语法精析》(商务印书馆国际有限公司, p. 137) 给出了答案 A, 并作了如下的解答:
“及物:(1)动词的现在分词→修饰事物
(2) 动词的过去分词→修饰人
tiring work a tired woman exciting news excited people surprising words surprised readers encouraging advice encouraged students”
我认为该书作者的说法不够正确。不知您的意见如何？
就一般的现在分词和过去分词而言，绝不可以说“现在分词修饰事物，过去分词修饰人”。下面的实例足以证明这一点：
the swimming girl the broken window the developing countries
the developed countries interesting people excited talk
至于该书所举的几个动词,尽管它们的现在分词经常与表事物的名词连用,它们的过去分词经常与表人的名词连用,但是,也不能说“现在分词修饰事物,过去分词修饰人(参见 excited)”。请看下面的反例:
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My new teacher is both gentle and encouraging towards me. 我的新老师既温柔又善于鼓励我。
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to meet interesting people 见到有趣的人
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She had a very disappointed look when I said she must stay at home. 当我说她必须留在家的时候，她显得很扫兴。
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His expression was rather surprised. 他显出相当吃惊的样子。
因此,我们应当从词义上对它们进行区分。
disappointing→令人失望的 disappointed→感到失望的 encouraging→鼓励人的,振奋人心的 encouraged→欢欣鼓舞的,感到(受到)鼓舞的 exciting→令人激动的,刺激的 excited→(感到)刺激的,兴奋的 surprising→令人惊奇(惊讶)的 surprised→感到惊奇(惊讶)的 tiring→令人疲倦的 tired→疲倦的
请做下面的英语试题：
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The concert conducted by Karajan proved very _. A. exciting B. excited C. to excite D. being excited
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I was ____ to find that I did not know a single person there. A. expected B. disappointed C. unexpected D. disappointing(全国高考)
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"How did you find the talk this morning?" "Very ____ (disappointed, disappointing)."
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The little girl felt very ____ when her parents forgot her birthday. A. unpleasant B. deserted C. disappointing D. disappointed