🔍 The best art critics 最佳艺术评论家

新概念英语第二册 Lesson 26 · 语法精读与固定搭配分类

NCE Book 2 · Lesson 26（课本印刷页 126-129）· 12 个生词和短语 · 课文 16 句

一全文逐句语法解读

本课是「七岁妹妹成了最好的艺术评论家」的幽默小品。语言点集中在 that / whether 引导的宾语从句、in the same way that … 这类比较结构、比较级 better than anyone else，以及 hang / hung 这类不规则动词。

句子	语法点
I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.	a lot of + 复数名词 · art student 学艺术的学生
Many people pretend that they understand modern art.	宾语从句 pretend + that 从句，表示「假装……」
They always tell you what a picture is 'about'. Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything.	what 引导宾语从句，语序为陈述语序 · of course 作插入语
They are just pretty patterns. / We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material.	in the same way that … ＝就像……一样，that 引导定语从句

句子	语法点
I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else.	better than anyone else 比较级 + than anyone else ＝比任何人都……
They notice more.	notice 作及物动词，意为「注意到」；more 作宾语
My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not.	whether … or not 引导宾语从句，表示「是否」

句子	语法点
'I'm hanging this picture on the wall,' I answered. 'It's a new one. Do you like it?'	用现在进行时表示正在做的动作 · hang 的过去式和过去分词都是 hung（悬挂）
She looked at it critically for a moment.	critically 由 critic 派生，意为「用评论的眼光、批判地」
'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?'	否定疑问句 isn't it …? 含惊讶语气「难道不是……吗」
She was right! It was!	It was! 是省略句，补全为 It was upside down.

宾语从句

that／what／whether 引导，一律用陈述语序

比较结构

better than anyone else 比任何人都好

不规则动词

hang / hung / hung 悬挂；hang / hanged 绞死

否定疑问句

isn't it …? 含惊讶、确认的语气

hang 有两个过去式：悬挂用 hang / hung / hung；绞死用 hang / hanged / hanged。本课是「挂画」，所以是 hanging、hung。
宾语从句一律用陈述语序：what a picture is about（✓）／what is a picture about（✗）。
whether 与 if：两者都能引导宾语从句，但在介词后或与 or not 连用时只能用 whether，如 whether my pictures are good or not。