There would be pictures in magazines and newspapers, showing crowds of people with their cameras and noisy, excited talk.
有的教辅材料上说, excited 指人, exciting 指物, 因此, 我认为句中的 excited talk 应为 exciting talk。对吗?
不对。上句中的 excited talk 用得是对的。exciting 与 excited 都是形容词。这类形容词的-ing 形式具有主动意义: exciting——使人激动的,令人感动的,如 an exciting film (story, talk)——令人感动(激动)的电影(故事、谈话),an interesting film (story, talk)——使人感兴趣的(有趣的)电影(故事、谈话)。这类形容词还有:amusing(逗乐的)、boring(令人厌倦的)、surprising(令人吃惊的)、astonishing(令人惊奇的)、tiring(令人疲倦的)、terrifying(令人恐惧的)、worrying(令人焦虑的)。
She's got a very exciting job... 她有一份很带刺激性的工作……而-ed 形式的形容词绝无主动含义,而常常用来描述人的感受。an excited girl——心情激动的女孩。这类形容词还有:delighted(高兴的)、surprised(惊讶的)、astonished(吃惊的)、tired(疲劳的)、satisfied(满意的)、worried(焦虑的)。
I was so excited that I wanted to tell the whole world what we had found. 我太激动了,以致我想把我们发现的东西告诉全世界。
上面课文中的 excited talk 不是指“令人激动的谈话”，而是指“心情激动的谈话”。excited 本来是描述人的感受的，在这里把它转移到了 talk 上了。心情激动的人们的谈话→心情激动的谈话。再如 surprised look（吃惊的表情），astonished look（惊愕的表情），disappointed man/look（失望的人/表情）。
由此可见,绝不可以说:-ed 形容词指人,-ing 形容词指物,见 disappointed。请做下面的英语试题:
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She took a deep breath to calm herself, but her voice still sounded ____. A. excitement B. excited C. exciting D. excitedly
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The film made us laugh but it was not really ____ to watch. A. excitement B. excited C. excitable D. exciting