走出比较级用法的误区
2016-06-09梅秀彩
梅秀彩
误区一:比较对象非同类
两个人或事物进行比较应用比较级时,常与连词than连用,且进行比较的两个人或事物必须属于同一类,非同类的人或事物一般不能比较,否则会造成不合逻辑的错误。如:
1. 你们的教室比我们的教室明亮。Your classroom is brighter than ours.
2. 冬天,长春的天气比广州的天气冷。In winter, the weather of Changchun is colder than that of Guangzhou.
误区二:乱用比较级修饰词
比较级前一般可用much, a little, a lot, still, a bit, far, even等修饰词来说明程度,但不能用very, quite, too, so等修饰。例如:
1. I think the mooncakes with nuts in them are much more delicious than the ones with meat in them. 我认为果仁馅月饼比肉馅月饼好吃得多。
2. Lilys mooncake is a little smaller than Li Leis. 莉莉的月饼比李磊的月饼小一点。
误区三:比较级前全不用定冠词the
比较级前一般不用冠词,但在下列情况下比较级前却常常用定冠词the。
1. 在含比较级的句子中有of the two这类意义的词组时。如:
Lucy is the taller of the two. 露西是两个人中较高的那一个。
He is the thinner of the two boys. 他是那两个男孩中较瘦的一个。
2. “the + 比较级,the + 比较级”为一常见结构,表示“越……,就越……”之意。如:
The harder you study, the more you will learn. 你越努力,就学得越多。
The busier he is, the happier he feels. 他越忙就越高兴。
误区四:形容词最高级前都用了定冠词the
形容词最高级前一般应用定冠词the,副词最高级前则可用可不用。但当最高级前有形容词性物主代词或名词所有格修饰时,其前的定冠词the必须省略。如:
The moon is our nearest neighbor in space. 月球是太空中离我们最近的邻居。
Jim is Mr Greens youngest son. 吉姆是格林先生最小的儿子。
误区五:混用介词in和of
最高級的范围常用介词in或of短语引出,但二者有区别;in后常跟表示单位、组织等的单数名词,该名词与前面的主语不属于同类;而of后常跟表示人或事物的复数名词,该名词与前面的主语属于同类。如:
Who is the strongest in your family? 你们家谁最强壮?
Ann is the oldest of all the girls in her class. 安是她班上所有女孩中最大的。
牛刀小试
( )1. Emailing is ______ than posting a letter.
A. very fast B. much faster C. the fastest D. very faster
( )2. The population of China is ______ than ______ any other country in the world.
A. more; that of B. more; / C. larger; that of D. larger; /
( )3. In our city, its ______ in July, but it is even ______ in August.
A. hotter; hottest B. hot; hot C. hotter; hot D. hot; hotter
( )4. Miss Cheng is one of ______ in their school.
A. the most popular teachers B. more popular teachers
C. the most popular teacher D. more popular teacher
( )5. —How ______ the film is!
—So it is. Many of us are ______ to tears.
A. moving; moved B. moving; moving
C. moved; moving D. moved; moved
( )6. ______ it snows, ______ the children feel.
A. More heavily; happier B. The more heavily; the happier
C. More heavily; the happier D. The more heavily; happier
( )7. Bob is ______ at playing computer games of the two boys.
A. the better B. the good C. better D. the best
( )8. —Doctor, Im getting ______.
—Well, youd better eat ______ food.
A. fat and fatter; more B. fatter and fatter; fewer
C. fatter and fat; less D. fatter and fatter; less