365天英語口語大全之交際口語(MP3+中英文本) 第21期:比較

1.慣用口語句子：

I think A is greatly inferior to B.
我認爲A遠不如B。
inferior a. 次的，差的，劣等的（其反義詞爲superior）

There is no comparison between A and B.
A和B不能相比。
You just can't compare this book with that one.
你不能把這本書和那本書相比。
comparison n. 比較，對照
compare v. 比較，對照

I think taking pictures is more interesting than playing football.
我認爲拍照片要比踢足球更有意思。
A is more... than B "A比B更---"

On the whole, I think Rick is a good worker compared to others.
總的來說，我認爲同其他人比較起來瑞克是個好工人。
on the whole“大體上，基本上”

I don't consider films to be less attractive than acrobatics.
我認爲電影和雜技同樣吸引人。
consider v. 以爲，考慮
acrobatics n. 雜技

Do you think rich people are much happier?
你覺得富人會更快樂嗎？
Who is the happiest person in the world?
誰是世界上最快樂的人？
Who lives the most happily in our family?
咱們家誰活得最快樂？

They are of the same character.
= They have the same character.
他們的性格相同。
character n. 性格

There's no difference.
沒什麼區別。
They are similar.
他們很相像，差不多。
They are exactly the same.
他們完全一樣。

Yours is as much as mine.
你的和我的一樣多。
Your is twice(two times)as much as mine.
你的是我的兩倍那麼多。

2.實用對話

Making a Comparison比較

Jim: Can I ask you a question?
吉姆：我能問你個問題嗎？
Lily: Sure, go ahead.
莉莉：當然，你問吧。
Jim: Do you think rich people are much happier?
吉姻！你覺得富人會更快樂嗎？
Lily: I doubt it. I don't think happiness and wealth are really related. I think if you don't have money you'd be unhappy.
but having money doesn't mean you'd be happy.
莉莉：我拿不準。我覺得幸福和財富不是絕對相關的，你沒有錢可能會不快樂，可是有了錢也不一定就意味着真正的快樂。
Jim: What do you mean?
吉姆：這是什麼意思啊？
Lily: Well, when you're rich, you can buy whatever you want. But it is difficult to trust other people; they might just want
your money. So it might be hard to make real friends. I imagine it is kind of lonely.
莉莉：嗯，當你富有的時候，你可以想買什麼就買什麼。，但是你卻不能輕易相信別人了，他們想要的也許只是你的錢。這樣的話，就很難交到真正的朋友。我猜想內心肯定是孤獨的。
Jim: So you are saying that rich people are unhappy?
吉姆：那麼你的意思是說富人不快樂嗎？
Lily: Not exactly. Compare the rich with the poor, and you will see completely. The rich are not just happy because they
have money. Poor people, on the other hand,are unhappy because they have to worry all the time about money for food and their
apartment. They might have a few more friends but with no money they have a hard life.
莉莉：也不完全是。拿窮人和富人作對比，你就完全明白了。富人並不是因爲有錢才快樂。另一方面，窮人也不快樂，他們不得不爲吃的和住的費用而發愁。他們也許會比富人多幾個朋友，但是沒有錢，生活仍然很艱辛。
Jim: I got it. Money and happiness aren't really related.
吉姆：我明白了。金錢和幸福的確不是絕對相關的。

3.詳細解說

1.“compare sth./sb. with sth./sb.”表示“把某物（某人）跟某物（某人）作比較”，例如：The police compared the suspect's
fingerprints with those found at the crime scene.（警方把嫌疑犯的指紋和犯罪現場上發現的指紋作了比較。）注意，“compare
sth./sb. to sth./sb.”則表示“把某物（某人）比作某物（某人）”，例如：Davies' style of writing has been compared to Dickens。
（戴維斯的寫作風格被比作爲狄更斯的寫作風格。）
2.在“ you will see completely.”一句中，“see”意爲“明白，清楚”，“completely”相當於“totally”。

4.文化洗禮

英語中“倍數”的比較方法

前面我們學了一些基本的表示比較的說法，此外還有一種常用的比較方法，那就是倍數比較。英語中表示倍數比較的說法主要有以下幾種。
1．A+be+倍數+形容詞比較級+than+B．例：
The Yangtze River is almost twice longer than the Pearl River.
（長江差不多比珠江長兩倍。）
The dictionary is exactly five times more expensive than that one.
（這本字典比那本恰好貴5倍。）
2．A+be+倍數+as+形容詞原級+as+B．例：
This tree is three times as tall as that one.
（這棵樹是那棵樹的三倍高。）
His father is twice as old as he.
（他父親的年紀是他兩倍大。）
3．A+be+倍數+the+計量名詞+of+B．例：
The newly broadened square is four times the size of the previous one.
（新擴建的廣場面積是之前的四倍大。）
4．The+計量名詞+of+A+ be+倍數+that+of+B．上面那個例句套用這這個句式就是：
The size of the newly broadened square is four times that of the previous one.