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Iwasamazedtoseeallthepaintings.Itwassurprisingthentoseesomanypeopleviewingimportantandpreciousartworksthroughtheirsmartphones.predicatives(表語)ExploringtherulesAsIwanderedintheNationalGallery,Iwasamazedtoseeallthepaintings.Iwonderedattheskilloftheartists,theiruseofcolourandhowtheyplayedwithlightandshade.Iobservedthebrushworktheyusedtoenhancetheirworks.Ienjoyedthewholeexperience—tobeabletobathemysensesinthispalaceofhumancreativity.Itwassurprisingthentoseesomanypeopleviewingimportantandpreciousartworksthroughtheirsmartphones.Itmightsoundshocking,buttheyseemedmoreinterestedintakingphotosandrecordingvideosofartworksthanappreciatingthemwiththeirowneyes.Howwasitpossible,Iwondered,totrulyappreciatethehumantouchofagreatpaintingwhenitwasreducedtoafewmillionpixels?Lookingatartworksthroughsmartphones,Ithought,wasliketryingtoappreciatethecountrysidewithoutbeingabletohearthebirdssing,feelthebreezeagainstmyfaceorsmelltheflowers.MovingslowlythroughtheNationalGallery,Iwasdeterminedtokeepmysmartphoneinmybagandappreciateeachindividualpaintingwiththebestcameraintheworld:myowneyes._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Exploringtherules

ExploringtherulesReadtheblogentryagainandfindthesentencesthatuseverb-ingorverb-edformsaspredicatives.Verb-ingformsaspredicativesItwassurprisingthen…Verb-edformsaspredicatives…,Iwasamazedtoseeallthepaintings.Itmightsoundshocking……theyseemedmoreinterestedintaking...…,Iwasdeterminedtokeep...Workingouttherule?Whenusedasthepredicative（表語）,theverb-ingorverb-edformisconnectedtothesubjectbya__________.linkingverb（系動詞）Exploringtherulesbe(am,is,are)sound,smell,feel,look,tasteseem,appear,become,get...Workingouttherule?The_________formisoftenusedtodescribeathingorasituation;the___________formisoftenusedtodescribehowapersonfeels.verb-ingExploringtherulesverb-ed表示“令人……的”用-ing

形式，表示“感到……”用-ed形式。換句話說，若人對……感興趣，就是somebodyisinterestedin...，若人/物本身讓人感興趣時，就是sb./sth.isinteresting。interesting

令人感興趣的interested

感興趣的exciting

令人激動的excit感到激動的delight令人高興的delight感到高興的disappoint令人失望的disappoint感到失望的encourag令人鼓舞的encourag感到鼓舞的pleas令人愉快的pleas感到愉快的puzzl令人費解的puzzl感到費解的satisfy令人滿意的satisfi感到滿意的edingedingedingingingingededededIam________inthis_________book.(interest)Weare______atthis________movie.(amaze)interestedinterestingamazedamazing

Practice?Iam_________(excite)tohearthattherewillbeanartshowinourtown.?Theartshowinourtownnextweeksounds_________(appeal).?Thepublicwere_______(please)thattheywouldhavefreeaccesstotheseexhibitions.?Theartworksbeingshownlook_______(inspire).excitedappealinginspiringpleasedApplyingtherules

Practice?Theoldmanwas_________(amaze)bythepaintingsonshow.?Thewomaninthispaintingseems_________(depress).?Thegallerystaff’sjobis_________(keep)order.?Thegallerystafflookedvery_________(tire)afterworkingallday.amazeddepressedkeepingtiredApplyingtherulesCompletethe

articlewiththecorrectformsoftheverbsintheboxbelow.surprisingpreparedsatisfyingencouragingconcernedApplyingtherulesprepareconcernencouragesatisfysurpriseYouwalkintoamuseum,stopinfrontofamasterpieceandwishtoobserveitupclose.Insteadofhavingagoodviewofit,however,youseenothingbutraisedarmsandsmartphones!Isn’tit(1)__________?Nowadays,theuseofsmartphonesinmuseumscontinuestoriseandartexpertsare(2)____________abouthowtogetpeopletotrulyappreciateartworksratherthansimplytakephotosorrecordvideostopostonsocialmedia.Somemuseumsdonotallowphotography,whichislessaboutcameraflashesandmoreaboutencouragingpeopletoenjoytheexperience.Amsterdam’sRijksmuseum,forexample,haswagedtheBigDrawcampaign,wherevisitorsareencouragedtokeeptheirsmartphonesintheirpocketsorbagsandpickuppaperandpencilsinstead.Thenationalmuseumishopingtohelpvisitorsdiscoverandappreciatethebeautyofart,architectureandhistorythroughdrawing.Somemuseumsarealsoaskingpeopletoget(3)__________beforetheirvisitbylearningabouttheartworksfirst.Hopefully,withthesemeasures,theexperienceofvisitingmuseumswillbemore(4)__________thansimplyrecordingeverythingwithasmartphone.Therehavealreadybeensomesignsofimprovement,whichisvery(5)_______________,butthere'sstillalongwaytogo.Summaryverb-ingand_______aspredicatives(表語)verb-edconnectedtothesubectbya__________linkingverb｛be