1、Lesson 5 The Comparative Degree and the Superlative Degree一 lets read passage.(107)ASSISTANT: Do you like this dress, madam?LADY: I like the colour very much. Its lovely dress, but its too small for me.ASSISTANT: What about this one? Its a lovely dress. Its very smart.Short skirts are in fashion now
2、. Would you like to try it?LADY: All right.LADY: Im afraid this green dress is too small for me as well.Its smaller than the blue one.LADY: I dont like the colour either. It doesnt suit me at all. I think the blue dress is prettier.LADY: Could you show me another blue dress? I want a dress like that
3、 one, but it must be my size.ASSISTANT: Im afraid I havent got a larger dress.This is the largest dress in the shop.一 形容词的比较级及其形式。例词构成方法原级 比较级 最高级单音节词末尾一般加-er 和-estclean cleaner cleanest单音节词末位以-e结尾，只加 -r 和-stNicecuteNicercuterNicestcutest闭音节词末尾只有一个辅音字母，再加-er 和 -estBigHotthinBiggerHotterthinnerBigges
4、thottestthinnest少数以-y, -er, -ow, -ble 结尾的双音节词 ，末尾加-er 和-est(以-y结尾的词，如-y 前是辅音字母，则变-y 为-I,再加-er和-est)HappyCleverNarrowableHappierClevererNarrowerablerHappiestCleverestNarrowestablest其他双音节词和多音节词都应该在前面加 moreDifficultcriticalMore difficultMore criticalMost difficultMost critical和 most二 形容词比较级的用法比较级用于二者的比
5、较， 其结构是：含有形容词比较级的主句+ 从属连句 than 引导的从句（从句中常省去意义上和主句相同的部分） 。例如：Today is hotter than yesterday.This city is larger than that one.This dress is longer.三 形容词最高级的用法表示一方与多方之间某种性质和特征的比较，必须带定冠词。 常有介词短语或定语从句表示比较范围。He is the oldest man Ive ever known.He was the most handsome of the Smith boys.We found her the c
6、leverest in the school.He is the oldest of the three.Women are busiest at home.四 不规则形容词的比较级和最高级1 不规则原级 比较级 最高级good better Bestwell Better bestbad worse worstmany more mostmuch more mostlittle less leastfar farther/further farthest/furthest2 形容词前加 less 和 least，则表示“较不”和“最不” 。difficult less difficult l
7、east difficultinteresting less interesting least interesting3 可数名词的比和高用 more, most; fewer, fewest (many, few)不可数名词的比和高用 more，most ；less，least (much, little)Ive made more mistakes than you have.Ive made fewer mistakes than she has, and you have made the fewest.Ive got more water than you have, and he
8、 has got the most.Ive got less water than she has, and youve got the least.五 形容词的比较用法形容词的比较形式有 3 种：较高比较级（more interesting，the most interesting） ；较低比较级（less interesting，the least interesting）以及原级比较级（as interesting as）1 两者某方面程度相同，用“as+ 形容词原级+ as”同级比较的结构。在 asas 中间使用的形容词或副词一定要用原级 , 中间也可以使用名词，但要遵循以下规则：as
9、+ adj. + a (n)+n. (单)+as He is as brave a man as a hero.as +many +n.(复)+as She read as many as you did.as+ much +n. (不可数) +as He drank as much water as he could.有时为了避免重复,在 as 后的从句中常用 the one 代替单数可数名词, 用 those 代替复数名词,用 that 代替不可数名词和某些可数名词.如:I hope it was as good as the one you give me. The girls in y
10、our class are as pretty as those in our class. The climate of Guilin is as good as that of Kunming. 否定原级用 not asas 结构, 也可用 lessthan 结构. 如:He does not run as fast as Tom. = He runs less fast than Tom.他没有汤姆跑的快.This question is not as important as that one. = This question is less important than that o
11、ne. 这个问题没有那个问题重要.2 表示一方是另一方的若干倍，用“倍数+ as+ 原级 +as” 的结构 Our school is twice as big as their.This room is three times as large as that one.3 比较级前可以有表示程度的或数量的状语来修饰比较级。 常用的状语有：much，far，a bit, a little, a great deal, still, even, two years, three times. This story is even more interesting than that one.We
12、 have a much better life now.Today is a little colder than yesterday.4 “the + 比较级”：越 ,越The harder you work, the better you will get.5 “比较级+ 比较级” ： 越来越more and more, stronger and stronger happier and happier smarter and smarterLets do exercise:1. This wooden case isnt _ that iron case.A. so light as
13、B. as lighter thanC. more light than D. so light than2. The fare was _ expensive than he thought it would be.A. less as expensive B. less expensiveC. not as less expensive D. as less expensive3. The market _ it had been in the morning.A. was as crowded B. was not crowded asC. wasnt as crowded as D.
14、wasnt so crowded4. The second statement has _ meaning as the first one.A. not the B. the same C. as the same D. not as the same5. When winter is approaching, days are getting _.A. shorter and shorter B. more and more shortC the shortest D. so shorter二 写出下列形容词的比较级和最高级.原级 比较级 最高级Easy _ _Good _ _Bad _
15、_New _ _Talented _ _Interesting _ _Clever _ _Early _ _Clear _ _Poor _ _Exciting _ _Much _ _三 按要求转换句型1 He is shorter than any other student in this school. (改用最高级形式)_2. Im happier than anyone else in the world. (改用最高级形式)_3. This car is cheaper than that one. (用 expensive, 使句子保留原意)_4. The field is full of all kinds of crops. (添加反意疑问句)_四 汉译英1 这个题目十分容易，我会做。_2 这篇课文比最后一篇容易。_3 这些帽子中,我最喜欢这一定._
