1、excited表示"興奮的",指人、物對.感到興奮；
2、exciting表示"令人興奮的；使人激動(dòng)的",指人、事、物本身讓人興奮、激動(dòng).
* 一般情況下,是人做主語,用v-ed； 物做主語,用v-ing.
He was excited at the news.
The news that our team won is exciting.
同樣的道理,其他類似的詞,surprising /sruprised ；interesting/interested ..也是這樣區(qū)分的.
比較：
1.Are you excited about going to Beijing?你要去北京了,感到興奮嗎?
2.He told us an exciting story yesterday.他昨天給我們講了一個(gè)使人激動(dòng)的故事.
3.It's nothing to get excited about.這沒什么可值得激動(dòng)的.
4.I've got an exciting piece of work.我得到了一份令人興奮的工作.