1、倍数表达法是历届高考的热点。当我们要表达甲是乙的几倍时,通常可使用以下句型:1.倍数+as+形容词或副词的原级+as+其它。这种结构又常演变成下列两类:倍数+as+many+可数名词复数+as;倍数+as+much+不可数名词+as。如:There are seven times as many people as I expected.是我预料的人数的七倍。There is five times as much coffee in this glass as in that one.这个杯子里的咖啡是那个杯子里的五倍。2.倍数+形容词(或副词)的比较级+ than+其它。如:The hall
2、 is five times bigger than our classroom.这个大厅的面积比我们教师大五倍。3.倍数+the size/height/length/width.etc.+of+其它。如:This road is six times the length of that one.这条路是那条路的六倍长。4.计量名词+of+名词+be+倍数+that+of+其它。如:The size of the newly broadened square is four times that of the previous one.新扩建的广场为以前的四倍大。5.倍数+what从句。如:
3、The production is now three times what it was ten years ago.现在的产量是十年前的三倍。6.倍数+more+名词+than+其它。如:There are nine times more books in his bag than in yours.他书包里的书比你书包里的书多九倍。7.其它表达。如:Shes twice/double my age.她的年龄是我的两倍。The average income of the staff has been increased by 50 percent compared with last ye
4、ar.与去年相比,该单位职工的收入已增加了50%。He runs faster than me by three times.他跑得比我快三倍。考查方向1)倍数在句中的位置一般放在第一个as前面或比较级前面或名词前面。2)用times表示倍数时,一般只限于表示包括基数在内的三倍或三倍以上的数。表示两倍可以用twice或double,一倍用once.【重点归纳】除了我们初中所学的形容词的比较级的用法,本模块我们主要归纳几种句式结构:(一)含倍数的比较句型1.倍数+as+形容词原级+as。如:This bridge is three times as long as that one.His ro
5、om is twice as big as mine;in other words,mine is only half as big as his.【特别提醒】“asas”中间加入名词的句式:倍数+as+形容词+a/an+可数名词单数+as倍数+as+形容词+可数名词复数/不可数名词+as。如:Last year my brother twice as big a new house as mine.He has collected more than three times as many stamps as I (have).I spent twice as much time on my
6、 studies as you did.【难点点拨】该结构的省略:通常省略形容词后面的名词及比较的部分。如:I have to transfer(转乘)buses so I spend twice as much (money as others)for the bus every day.2.倍数+形容词比较级+than。如:This street is four times shorter than that one.Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.【特别提醒】倍数+形容词比较级
7、+名词+than。如:He earns five times more money now than he did ten years ago.There are three times more books in our library than in yours.3.倍数+the+名词(如size,height,weight,length,width,depth等)+of。如:This well is three times the depth of that one.4.另外,请注意下面两种说法:(1)倍数+what从句。如:The length of the road is four
8、times what it was three years ago.(2)倍数+that of+被比较对象。如:Airmail charges almost twice or three times that of a normal mail.(二)其它句式1.“比较级+and+比较级“表示“越来越“。如:Things are getting better and better every day.Our country is becoming more and more beautiful.2.“the+比较级,the+比较级“表示“越,就越”。如:The more you have, the more you want.The more a man knows, the less he knows he knows.【知识扩展】在形容词比较级前可以加a little, a bit, a lot, no, any, much, far, even,still等副词(组表示程度的加深。如:The result is much better than we expected.Actually, health is far more important than wealth.