Lesson 8 The best and the worst

·单词

competition n.    比赛，竞赛

    ·compete v.    比赛，对抗

    ·race n.    比赛（指比速度的）

neat adj.    整齐的，整洁的

path n.    小路，小径

    ·neat paths    整洁的小路

    ·a mountain path    一条山路

    ·the path to success    通向成功的路径（此时路径为抽象的）

wooden adj.    木头的

    ·wood n.    木头

pool n.    水池

    ·a swimming pool    游泳池

·本课句型

形容词副词的用法

    ·形容词（adj.）修饰名词

        ·This is a wonderful world.    wonderful adj. 美好的 修饰 word n. 世界

        ·We are living in a beautiful new house.    beautiful new adj. 美丽的 新的 修饰 house n. 房子

        ·Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable.    warm comfortable adj. 温暖的 令人舒适的 修饰 Their sleeping bags n. 他们的睡袋（形容词作表语修饰主语，主系表结构）

    ·副词（adv.）修饰动词/句子/其它的形容词或副词

        ·Roy acted quickly.    修饰动词

        ·Suddenly, one of the children kicked a ball.    修饰句子

        ·It rained continually and it was often bitterly cold.        修饰动词 rain    修饰形容词 cold

        ·The students from elite universities catch up very quickly.    very 修饰动词 chatch up（追赶）    quickly 修饰副词 very

形容词副词的最高级

    ·adj./adv. 的最高级 + (介词短语表示比较的范围)    (... 范围内)最 ...    通常用于三者或以上的比较

    ·My younger sister is the tallest one in her class.

    ·The most serious problem of the project is the lack of power.

形容词副词的比较级

    ·adj./adv. 的比较级 +（than 比较对象）    (和 ... 相比)更 ...    通常用于两者之间的比较

    ·I am taller than you.

    ·Air tickets are more expensive than train tickets.

    ·Sometimes machines can perform better than human beings.

·课文

    Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for ‘The Nicest Garden Competition’ each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Frith’s garden is larger than Joe's. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe’s garden is more interesting. He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool. I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work. Every year I enter for the garden competition too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town!

emter for    参加（竞赛，活动等）；报名参加（比赛）

·知识拓展

不规则变化的比较级和最高级：

好坏多少老远

·good/well    better    best

·bad/ill    worse    worst

·many（可数）/much（不可数）    more    most

·littler（一点也没了）/a litter（有一点）    less    least

·old    older    oldest（除了年龄还可以指物品上的老旧）

          elder    eldest（专指人的年领）

·far    farther    farthest（具体上的远）

         further    furthest（抽象意义上的远）

形容词副词的最高级

    ·adj./adv. 的最高级 + (介词短语表示比较的范围)    (... 范围内)最 ...    通常用于三者或以上的比较

    ·介词短语（in，of）

    ·He is the tallest in our class.    in    地点，场所   

    ·He is the tallest of all the students.     of    比较对象之间    

不规则变化动词：

原型    过去式    过去分词    动词ing

·win    won    won    winning

·grow    grew    grown

·build    built    built