Question

The teacher told his students that they _______ to be useful men to the country

The teacher told his students that they _______ to be useful men to the country
A. were all expected B. were all expecting C. all were expected D. all expected
选A，为什么，expected和excpting有什么不一样？
谢谢

Answer 1

【答案A】和【答案B】都可以使这个句子成为一个完整的句子，表达一定意思。

【答案C】语序有误，
【答案D】句子成分缺乏谓语动词。

【如果选择A】
The teacher told his students that they（were all expected ）to be useful men to the country.
老师告诉学生们：他们（指学生）都被（老师或家长或其他人）盼望成为国家的有用人才。
【是指老师或家长expect学生成为国家的有用人才。】

【如果选择B】
The teacher told his students that they（were all expecting）to be useful men to the country.
老师告诉学生们：他们（指学生）都盼望成为国家的有用人才。
【是指学生自己expect成为国家的有用人才，学生自己expect的话，还需要老师再来told他们吗？】

【关于expected 和expecting】
很明显，这两个词都是修饰they（指学生），它们所表达的意思也很简单，就是“被期望”和“期望”的意思。
【】如果：学生被期望，那就是别人期望学生怎么样。
【】如果：学生期望，那就直接是学生自己的意愿表达。

其实二者就是主动与被动的区别，过去分词表示被动，现在分词表示主动，其他的动词也一样，区别动词的这两种分词，就是区别这个动词由谁发出的，就可以使逻辑清晰，从而理解句子。

Answer 2

A是被期望
这边是被动语气

Answer 3

expected有被动的意思，被期待，excpting正在期待，没有被动的意思，句中的they指学生，应为被动

Answer 4

be expected
vi.是预期的,是可能发生的

I will do what is expected of me.
我会尽本分的。
The journey was not as nice as we had expected.
旅途不象我们预想的那样好。

expecting 等待.怀孕

Unit 4 Attending Customers Lesson 14 We are expecting you, sir.
第14课
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We are expecting you, sir.
先生,我们正恭候您的光临。
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Expecting can suggest that nothing can be done to change an event in the future
expecting可指对将来的某事无能为力
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"I was expecting, and the doctor advised me not to smoke at all."
我当时怀着孩子,医生建议我绝对禁烟。
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"In fact, we have been expecting you for quite some time."
事实上,我一直在等你等了好久了。
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A little bird told me your wife is expecting a baby.