新概念英语第二册 Lesson 8 · 语法精读与固定搭配分类
本课是「花园竞赛」的幽默短文,语言点集中在 形容词的最高级、比较级(than / 不规则变化)、名词所有格以及 but 表示的转折。
| 句子 | 语法点 |
|---|---|
| Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. | 最高级 多音节形容词用 the most + 原级 · 比较范围用 in our town |
| Nearly everybody enters for 'The Nicest Garden Competition' each year, but Joe wins every time. | enter for 意为「报名参加」· 单音节形容词 nicest 直接加 -est · but 表转折 |
| 句子 | 语法点 |
|---|---|
| Bill Frith's garden is larger than Joe's. | 比较级 单音节形容词加 -er + than · Joe's 后面省略了 garden |
| Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe's garden is more interesting. | hard 的比较级 harder 修饰动词 works · more + 多音节形容词构成比较级 · more flowers 的 more 是「更多」的限定词 |
| He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool. | made 与 built 都是 has + 过去分词 · over a pool 指「在池塘上方」 |
| 句子 | 语法点 |
|---|---|
| I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work. | do not like 用助动词 do 构成否定 · too 表「也」 |
| Every year I enter for the garden competition too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town! | worst bad → worse → worst,不规则最高级 · a prize for sth. 表「因…获奖」 |
| 短语 | 用法与例句 |
|---|---|
| enter for | 报名参加(比赛):enter for the competition。 |
| every time | 每次,作状语:Joe wins every time. |
| Bill's … than Joe's | 比较级句型:A is larger than B;than 后可用名词所有格省略重复的名词。 |
| win a prize for sth. | 因某物获奖:win a little prize for the worst garden。 |