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amazing和amazed的主语

【问】

____ felt amazing not having to hide away behind my scarf. (2013四川卷完形填空)

A. It      B. I

答案:A

问题:这道题的思路是什么? 

【答】

amazing不是“惊讶的”,而是“令人惊讶的”,所以在逻辑上,amazing主语通常是“事”或“物”而不是“人”;amazed是“惊讶的”,在逻辑上其主语通常是“人”。即:Sth is amazing; Sb is amazed,这也是同类单词——如interesting/interested、exciting/excited、shocking/shocked——的共同逻辑。

例:

  • It is surprising that Mr Moreira still has his job. 令人惊讶的是Moreira先生仍然拥有这份工作。
  • We are surprised that Mr Moreira still has his job. 我们惊讶的是Moreira先生仍然拥有这份工作。
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