【原】形容词（II）

Question：有关形容词的比较级，我有许多问题不清楚。

Answer：好的，今天我们讲形容词（II）形容词比较级和最高级的用法。

形容词比较级和最高级的用法

Reading：

The Chinese have been making paper for two thousand years. Paper was one of the most important inventionsin the whole of the Chinese history. As soon as writing was developed, people carved words on animal bones, then on metal pots. Between the second and fifthcenturies AD people wrote on pieces of bamboo or wood and these were tired together to form a book. Although these were much more useful than the metal pots, they were still difficult to read and were very heavy to carry.

   Then two more kinds of paper were developed: First, paper made from silk was developed. It was easier to write and draw on silk , and it was much lighter to carry. The problem is that it was too expensive. Then paper made from fibres was developed. This kind of paper was as soft and light as silk but much less expensive. Of all the materials used to write on in the ancient time, paper made from fibres was the best.

比较级和最高级的用法：

人们经常要比较人或事，说出它们的相同之处和不同之处。

1．比较两个人、两件事或两组人、两组事用比较级。

These were much more useful than the metal pots.

It was easier to write and draw on silk, andit was much lighter to carry.

2．比较三个或三个以上的人或事，则用最高级。

  Of all the materials used to write on in the ancient time, paper made from fibres was the best.

Paper was one of the mostimportant inventions in the whole of the Chinese history.

3. 比较级后面常接than.

    These were much more useful than the metal pots.

 It was easier to write and draw on silk (than to write on pieces of wood orbamboo).

比较级前面可以有much, a lot等修饰语。

These were much more useful than the metal pots.

It was much lighter to carry.

4. 最高级前加the。非正式语中可以不加，但以最高级开始的句子必须加the。

Of all thematerials used to write on in the ancient time, paper made from fibres was (the) best.

The best was paper madefrom fibres of all the materialsused to write on in the ancient time.

 表示最……当中之一可以用one o分：

Paper was one of the most important inventionsin the whole of the Chinese history.

最高级句中常有表示范围的短语：

Of all the materials used to write on in the ancient time, paper made from fibres was (the) best.

Paper was oneof the most important inventions in the whole of the Chinese history.

of所接的短语中名词和形容词最高级所修饰的名词是同类的.

in所接的短语中名词和形容词最高级所修饰的名词是非同类的，并且表示的是个更大的范围：

Of all the parks here, Xinghai park is the most beautiful.

Xinghai park is the mostbeautiful in this city.

最高级可以接定语从句表示范围，后接的定语从句通常用完成时态：

This is the most exciting moment I have ever experienced.

That was the most dangerous thing I had ever done.

小练习：  根据下列信息，用形容词的比较级造句。

例： (young)  Ben is younger than Louise.

1．(old)

2 . (big/family)

3 . (heavy)

4 . (tall)

5 . (good)

上期答案：

I．1 lonely   glad/happy    3 happy            4 alone

II．1 That nice tall young man

      2 a blue and grey Mercedes

      3 big round brown eyes

      4 She’s about 1 m 60.