专升本课件4.山科院比较级

1、 英语比较级公共课英语山科院专升本课程主讲教师：侯青龙 不规则变化good, well betterbad/badly worseFar farther, furtherOld older, eldermuch, many moreLittle less基本的比较结构一. 同级比较肯定句： as + adj./adv.(原级) as 分句1. He is as tall as me.2. He runs as fast as me. 3. John behaves as politely as Bob (does).二、否定形式： not as/so . as ; less/fewer .th

2、an1. He is not as/so tall as I (am).2. Your room is not as / so clean as it was yesterday.3. There are fewer visitors today than yesterday. 1.The girl was as brilliant as she was beautiful. 这个女孩又聪明又漂亮。2. This swimming pool is as wide as it is long. 这个游泳池是正方形的。 该结构的变体比较级1. He took as much butter as h

3、e needed. 他需要多少黄油他就拿多少。2. He has written as many essays as his brother 他写的文章和他哥哥写的一样多。3. George is as efficient a worker as Jack. 乔治的工作效率和杰克一样高。4. I cant drink as sweet coffee as this. 象这么甜的咖啡我喝不了。5. I dont smoke as expensive cigarettes as these. 我不抽这么贵的香烟。6. My brother has a larger house than mine.

4、7. There are men more intelligent than John.8. John is more efficient a worker than Jack.特殊比较结构1. more.than 和less. than 的翻译方法The present crisis is much more a political than an economic crisis.目前的危机与其说是经济危机不如说是政治危机。He was less hurt than frightened.与其说他伤着了不如说他给吓着了。2. not so. as 和 not so much.as It wa

5、snt so much his appearance I liked as his personality.与其说我喜欢他的外表不如说是我喜欢他的个性。3. not more/-er than 与 no more/-er thanJohn is not better than Tom. （比较结构）约翰不如汤姆好。John is no better than Tom. （对两者的否定）约翰和汤姆都不好。e.g. no richer than, no bigger than, no later thanI have not taken more than six courses this sem

6、ester.这学期我选了不超过六门课。I have taken no more than six courses this semester.这学期我仅选了六门课。（强调选课少）比较级4. the more. the more 越来越The older I get, the happier I am.The busier he is, the happier he feels.The sooner this is done, the better.The harder you work, the more progress you will make.The higher the temper

7、ature, the faster the liquid evaporates.5. 比较级+ and + 比较级 “越来越” The weather is getting colder and colder. I am fatter and fatter. More and more foreigners want to visit China. She is getting more and more beautiful.1. 你学得越多，知道的就越多。 The more you study, the more you know.2. 你拥有越多的朋友你就会越高兴。 The more fr

8、iends you have, the happier you will be.3. 我们在一起越多，我们就越高兴。 The more we get together, the happier we will be. 4. 多多益善。 The more, the better. 1. 我的书比你的有趣多了。 My book is much more interesting than yours.2. 我的妈妈比我爸爸矮很多。 My mother is much shorter than my father.3. 我比你胖一点。 I am a little fatter than you. 4.

9、这道题比那道容易多了。 This problem is much easier than that one.5. 我比我妹妹大三岁。 I am three years older than my sister. 1. A friend is easier lost than found. 朋友易失不易得。 2. Enough is as good as a feast. 知足常乐。 3. Better to do well than to say well. 说得好不如干得好。 4. Better the last smile than the first laughter. 宁可最后微笑，不

10、可首先狂喜。5. Doing is better than saying. 会说不如会做。6. Two heads are better than one. 两人智慧胜一人。7. Good to begin well, better to end well. 善始好，善终更佳。8. An eye finds more truth than two ears. 百闻不如一见. 比较级5. the same. as 和一样She looks just the same as before.I got the same feeling as you did.6. 否定比较级最高级Nothing in

11、 my life shook me so deeply as my first visit to China.It cant be worse.比较级7. 比较级中的省略现象 （1）than 从句和as从句大致相同，可以省去谓语或表语，保留主语； He is taller than I (am). Tom does better in schoolwork than I (do). She ate less than I (did) for breakfast. (2)省去主语和谓语，保留宾语。I love him more than (I love) her.Its more pleasan

12、t traveling by day than(travelling) by night. 比较结构中的省略（3）比较从句可以省去主语（或将than看作代词作主语用），保留谓语部分。（多用于正式文体）(重点）Dont eat more than is good for you.There may be more importance in it than would seem.（4）省去宾语：The box is bigger than I wanted.比较结构有时在比较省略结构中，than 之后可用动词不定式。I cant do better than to give you an ide

13、a of how I did it.There was nothing he desired more than to see the matter ended.但有些固定短语中than后要加不带to的不定式。I would rather stay than go.Sooner than yield he resolved to die.比较级修饰语常用的比较级修饰语many, much, far, by far, a little, a bit, slightly, a great deal, a lot, somewhat, rather, completely, etc.This ess

14、ay is not good, but that one is hardly better. He is much more happy.当数词用在比较结构中，其顺序通常为“数词比较级than”.1. My watch is ten minutes faster than yours.2. Weve sunk 20 more wells this year than we did last year.3. It was one-fourth cheaper than the market price.4. The new method was over ten times more effic

15、ient than the traditional one. 不用比较级形式却表示比较概念 superior, inferior, minor, major，senior, junior, prior, prefer to, preferable, differ from, compared with, in comparison with, different from, rather than, the same as, be identical to, similar to等。 1. She is senior to everyone else in the company.2. His

16、 composition is far superior to mine. 绝对形容词无比较级或最高级absolute, unique, infinite, round, right, wrong, correct, perfectGeoffrey Chaucer occupies a unique place in English literature.结构“of a + noun”的比较级 be of a + noun = be adj.比较级：be more/less of a + nounHe is more of a doctor.He is as of an athlete as

17、she.牛刀小试Do you know Tims brother? He is _ than Tim.A. much more sportsman B. more of a sportsmanC. more of sportsman D. more a sportsman 牛刀小试That trumpet player was certainly loud. But I wasnt bothered by his loudness _ by his lack of talent.a) so much as b) rather thanc) as d) than牛刀小试The less the

18、surface of the ground yields to the weight of a fully-loaded truck, _ to the truck. a) the greater stress is b) greater is the stress c) the stress is greater d) the greater the stressIssues of price, place, promotion and product are _ conventional concerns in planning marketing strategies. a) these

19、 of the most b) most of those c) among the most d) among the many of John is _ hardworking than his sister, but he failed in the exam. a) no less b) no more c) not less d) no soThe children prefer camping in the mountains _ an indoor activity. a) to b) than c) for d) withLanguage belongs to each mem

20、ber of the society, to the cleaner _ to the professor. a) as far as b) the same as c) as much as d) as long asThe experiment requires more money than_. A. have been put in B. being put in C. has been put in D. to be put in There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of mountain climbing t

21、han _ in the public mind today. A. exists B. exist C. existing D. to exist The indoor swimming pool seems to be a great more luxurious than _. a) is necessary b) being necessary c) to be necessary d) it is necessaryWestern Nebraska generally receives less snow than _ Eastern Nebraska. a) in b) it re

22、ceives in c) does d) it does inDo you enjoy listening to records? I find records are often _, or better than an actual performance. A as good as B as good C good D good as A The number of registered participants in this years marathon was half _. A of last years B those of last years C of those of l

23、ast year D that of last years D Our life today is much better than _used to be. A. it B. that C. this D. thoseSmoking is so harmful to personal health that it kills people each year _ than automobile accidents. A seven more times B seven times more C over seven times D seven times AB“Do you regret p

24、aying_ as five hundred dollars for the painting ?”“No, I would gladly have paid for it.” A twice so much B twice as much C as much twice D so much twice BTheir watch is _ to all the other watches on the market. A superior B advantageous C super D beneficialAThe heart is _ intelligent than the stomac

25、h, for they are both controlled by the brain. A not so B not muchC much more D no more DJust as the soil is a part of the earth, _ the atmosphere. A as it is B the same is C soas is D and so is CIt is better to die ones feet than _ . A living on ones knees B live on ones knees C on ones knees D to l

26、ive on ones knees DWe are taught that a business letter should be written in a formal style_ in a personal style. A rather than B other than C better than D less than A2.If tap water were as dangerous as some people think _ would be getting sick. A. a lot of more us B. more a lot of us C. a lot of us more D. a lot more of us D3.Indeed, almost every scientist now finds it impossible to read all