interesting可修飾人嗎?請(qǐng)看下面一題:
“_________ do you think of your English teacher?” “Oh, he is an _________ man.”
A. What, interesting?? B. What, interested??? C. How, interesting??? D. How, interested
此題容易誤選D,認(rèn)為第一空應(yīng)填how,表示“如何”;第二空應(yīng)填interested,因?yàn)橛械臅?shū)上說(shuō)–ing形容詞主要說(shuō)明事物,-ed形容詞主要說(shuō)明人。其實(shí)最佳答案應(yīng)是A。

首先,英語(yǔ)中表示漢語(yǔ)的“你覺(jué)得……如何?”時(shí),可用How do you like ...? 或 What do you think of ...? 注意兩者搭配不同,即 like 與 how 搭配,think of 與 what 搭配。另一方面,有的書(shū)認(rèn)為:-ing形容詞說(shuō)明事,-ed形容詞說(shuō)明人。此說(shuō)法在很多情況下是可行的,但表述欠嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)。嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)谋硎鰬?yīng)該是:表示使(別)人感到如何, 用-ing形容詞;表示人自己本身感到如何,用-ed 形容詞。

比較:

All the children are interested. 所有的孩子都很感興趣。
All the children are interesting. 所有的孩子都很有趣。

I read an interested expression on his face. 我看到他臉上露出一種感興趣的表情。
I read an interesting expression on his face. 我看到他臉上露出一種有趣的表情。

再比較:

He is frightened. 他很害怕。
He is frightening. 他很?chē)樔恕?/p>

He has a frightened look on his face. 他臉上帶有驚恐的神情。
He has a frightening look on his face. 他臉上帶有嚇人的神情。