| Interest, Bore, Surprise | 兴趣，厌烦，惊奇 |
形容词经常是由过去分词或现在分词形成的。
| interesting (adj.) | 有趣的 | interested (adj.) | 感兴趣的 |
| exciting (adj.) | 令人激动的 | excited (adj.) | 兴奋的 |
| boring (adj.) | 令人无聊的 | bored (adj.) | 厌倦的 |
| fascinating (adj.) | 迷人的 | fascinated (adj.) | 入神的 |
| interest | 使感兴趣 |
| excite | 使激动 |
| fascinate | 迷住 |
| bore | 使感到腻味 |
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现在分词描述感情的来源，而过去分词描绘人的感情。
| This topic is really interesting. | 这主题非常引人入胜。 | |
| They are interested. | 他们很感兴趣。 | |
| She thinks poetry is boring. | 她觉得诗歌无聊。 | |
| They are bored. | 他们很无聊。 |
| enthusiasm | 热情 | enthusiastic (adj.) | 热情的 |
| motivate | 激励 |
| She does a wonderful job motivating the students. 她在激励学生这方面很了不起。 |
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| They're very enthusiastic about learning algebra. 他们对于学习代数非常热情。 |
| disappointing (adj.) | 令人失望的 | disappointed (adj.) | 失望的 |
| pleasing (adj.) | 使人愉快的 | pleased (adj.) | 高兴的，满意的 |
| disappoint | 使失望 |
| please | 取悦 |
| The news disappointed everyone. 这新闻使每个人都很失望。 |
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| His performance pleased his parents. 他的演出取悦了他的父母。 |
| encouraging (adj.) | 鼓励的 | encouraged (adj.) | 被鼓励的 |
| discouraging (adj.) | 使人灰心的 | discouraged (adj.) | 泄气的 |
| positive (adj.) | 积极的 | negative (adj.) | 消极的 |
| encourage | 鼓励 |
| discourage | 使灰心 |
| frustrate | 阻挠 |
| For optimists the glass is always half full. For
pessimists it is always half empty. 对于乐观主义者，玻璃杯总是半满的。对于悲观主义者，它总是半空的。 |
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| It's usually better to think of positive possibilities
than negative ones. 通常考虑积极的可能性比消极的好。 |
| fun | 有趣 | funny (adj.) | 好笑的 | hilarious (adj.) | 使人大笑的 |
| enjoy - enjoyed | 喜爱 |
| Did you have fun? 你玩得开心吗？ |
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| Did she enjoy the movie? 她喜爱那电影吗？ |
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| I really enjoyed myself tonight.
I had a great time. 我今晚很高兴。我玩的很高兴。 |
| amuse |
| The clown amused the children. |
| annoying (adj.) | annoyed (adj.) | ||
| irritating (adj.) |
| annoy | |
| bother | |
| irritate |
| His loud music really bothers me. |