Grammar In Context
Study the following sentences that appear in this unit and reflect on the gradable adjectives or adverbs in comparative forms.
1) A closer look at personalities will show you why they are not so simple…
(Para. 2, Text A)
2) Actually, personalities are more complex than this. (Para. 2, Text A)
3) One person may prefer spending his spare time in deep thought. Another may be more creative. (Para. 6, Text A)
4) And no one really knows which one has the greater effect. (Para. 8, Text A)
5) People who feel loved and secure are likely to develop more positive personality traits than those who are troubled as they grow up. (Para. 10, Text A)
6) On the other hand, some personalities are more pleasing than others.
(Para. 11, Text A)
7) For young university students, shaping your personality as you want it to be may be easier now than later…(Para. 12, Text A)
8) … it indicates that the person choosing it is more mature and has outgrown the “fantasy” vision of life, confronting harsh reality head-on. (Para. 6, Text B)
9) The less you are fond of blue, the more unsatisfied you are and the more you feel the need to break away from the ties that restrict you. (Para. 9, Text B)
形容词和副词比较级的用法
1、可以修饰比较级的词：much, a lot, far ……的多; a little, a bit 一点儿; even甚至; still仍然
Tom looks evenyounger than before.
This trainruns much faster than that one.
She drivesstill more carefully than her husband.
2、比较级常用的句型结构
(1)“比较级+than…”表示“比……”。
Tom is taller than Kate.
(2)“比较级+than+any other+单数名词”表示“比同一范围的任何一个人/物都……”，含义是“最……”。
The Yangtze River is longer than any other river in China.
=The Yangtze River is longer than any of the other rivers in China.
=The Yangtze River is longer than the other rivers in China.
=The Yangtze River is the longest river in China.
注意：The Yangtze River is longer than any river in Japan.
Mike gets to school earlier than anyother student in his class.
= Mike gets to school earlier than any ofthe other students in his class.
= Mike gets to school earlier than the other students in his class.
= Mike gets to school earliest in hisclass.
注意：Mike gets to school earlier than any student in Tom’s class.
(3) 倍数表达法：
A is three times the size (height, length) of B.
A is three times as big (high, long) as B.
A is three times bigger (higher, longer) than B.
用 times 表倍数通常用于三倍以上，两倍可以用 twice 或 double。
The new building is four times the size (the height) of the old one.
Asia is four times as large as Europe.
Your school is three times bigger than ours.
(4) “the+比较级+of the two“表示“两者中较……的”。
Look at the two boys. My brother is the taller of the two.
(5) “比较级+and+比较级”表示“越来越……”。
He is getting taller and taller.
The flowers are more and more beautiful.
He does his homework more and more carefully.
(6) “the+比较级，the+比较级”表示“越……，越……”。
The more careful you are，the fewer mistakes you’ll make.
Now, do the tasks on Page 154 in your textbook.
