interested/interesting
I used to play ping-pong a lot in my spare time, but now I am interesting in football. (全国高考,97-93)
这是一道短文改错题。《高考高分解疑·英语》(首都师大出版社，p.109)在解答上题时说：“interesting与物连用；interested与人连用。”
请问 interesting 真的不能与人连用吗?
说 interesting 与物连用,interested 与人连用,不仅不能说明它们在用法上的区别,而且还会教给学生错误的知识。实际上,interesting 也常常与表人的词连用:
- You can... play games, swim, meet interesting people. (NCE,3,p.112) 你可以……玩
游戏,游泳,会见有趣的人。
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She's a most interesting person to talk to. (CEED) 她是一个很有趣的谈话对象。
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She is an interesting writer, and I'm interested in the subjects that she writes about. (PEU) 她是一位有趣的作家, 我对她写的题材很感兴趣。
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He's always very interesting when he talks about his travels. (PESD) 当他谈论他的旅行时,他总是那么有趣。
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John sounds interesting. (OGEG) 约翰听起来很有趣。
因此,我们应当从词义上来区分这两个形容词:interesting = 令人感兴趣的,有趣的,引起兴趣的(可以指物,也可以指人);interested = 对……感兴趣的,对……有兴趣的。我相信下列实例足能使你分辨出 interesting 与 interested 的用法:
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This book is very interesting. 这本书很有趣。
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Are you interested in cars. 你对汽车感兴趣吗?
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an interesting idea 一个有趣的想法
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He's not interested in politics. 他对政治不感兴趣。
上面的论述,对于其他的-ing 和-ed 形容词,如 amazing/amazed, annoying/annoyed, boring/bored, exciting/excited,也同样适用(参见 excited, convince, disappointing)。
请做下面的英语试题：
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As the conversation went on, I found she was _. A. interested to talk B. interested to talk to C. interesting to talk to D. interesting to talk
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“How do you like your new neighbour?” “She is ____, but a bit ____ in her own beauty.” A. interesting; disappointed B. interested; disappointing C. interested; disappointed D. interesting; disappointing