核心问题
He read a lot and listened to people talking.
上句中的 listened to people talking 应当如何分析?
词典解答
大家对于 see (feel, hear, watch) sb. doing (do) 的结构是很熟悉的，也都知道其中的 doing(do) 应分析为宾语补足语。现在需要把我们的知识扩展一下：对于 listen to, look at, come across, come upon 等介词动词也可以这样来分析：listened to people talking 中的 people 是 listened to 的宾语，而 talking 是宾语补足语。下面是类似的实例：
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It's painful to listen to Lizzie trying to play the violin. 听利齐练习拉提琴是很痛苦的。
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We listened to the band playing in the park. 我们听乐队在公园里演奏。
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They looked at the children playing ... 他们看孩子们玩耍……
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At night, we listened to the grown-ups tell stories about their childhood. 晚上,我们听成年人讲述他们童年的故事。