365天英语口语大全之交际口语(MP3+中英文本) 第21期:比较

1.惯用口语句子：

I think A is greatly inferior to B.
我认为A远不如B。
inferior a. 次的，差的，劣等的（其反义词为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.
你不能把这本书和那本书相比。
comparison n. 比较，对照
compare v. 比较，对照

I think taking pictures is more interesting than playing football.
我认为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.
总的来说，我认为同其他人比较起来瑞克是个好工人。
on the whole“大体上，基本上”

I don't consider films to be less attractive than acrobatics.
我认为电影和杂技同样吸引人。
consider v. 以为，考虑
acrobatics n. 杂技

Do you think rich people are much happier?
你觉得富人会更快乐吗？
Who is the happiest person in the world?
谁是世界上最快乐的人？
Who lives the most happily in our family?
咱们家谁活得最快乐？

They are of the same character.
= They have the same character.
他们的性格相同。
character n. 性格

There's no difference.
没什么区别。
They are similar.
他们很相像，差不多。
They are exactly the same.
他们完全一样。

Yours is as much as mine.
你的和我的一样多。
Your is twice(two times)as much as mine.
你的是我的两倍那么多。

2.实用对话

Making a Comparison比较

Jim: Can I ask you a question?
吉姆：我能问你个问题吗？
Lily: Sure, go ahead.
莉莉：当然，你问吧。
Jim: Do you think rich people are much happier?
吉姻！你觉得富人会更快乐吗？
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：我拿不准。我觉得幸福和财富不是绝对相关的，你没有钱可能会不快乐，可是有了钱也不一定就意味着真正的快乐。
Jim: What do you mean?
吉姆：这是什么意思啊？
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，当你富有的时候，你可以想买什么就买什么。，但是你却不能轻易相信别人了，他们想要的也许只是你的钱。这样的话，就很难交到真正的朋友。我猜想内心肯定是孤独的。
Jim: So you are saying that rich people are unhappy?
吉姆：那么你的意思是说富人不快乐吗？
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。拿穷人和富人作对比，你就完全明白了。富人并不是因为有钱才快乐。另一方面，穷人也不快乐，他们不得不为吃的和住的费用而发愁。他们也许会比富人多几个朋友，但是没有钱，生活仍然很艰辛。
Jim: I got it. Money and happiness aren't really related.
吉姆：我明白了。金钱和幸福的确不是绝对相关的。

3.详细解说

1.“compare sth./sb. with sth./sb.”表示“把某物（某人）跟某物（某人）作比较”，例如：The police compared the suspect's
fingerprints with those found at the crime scene.（警方把嫌疑犯的指纹和犯罪现场上发现的指纹作了比较。）注意，“compare
sth./sb. to sth./sb.”则表示“把某物（某人）比作某物（某人）”，例如：Davies' style of writing has been compared to Dickens。
（戴维斯的写作风格被比作为狄更斯的写作风格。）
2.在“ you will see completely.”一句中，“see”意为“明白，清楚”，“completely”相当于“totally”。

4.文化洗礼

英语中“倍数”的比较方法

前面我们学了一些基本的表示比较的说法，此外还有一种常用的比较方法，那就是倍数比较。英语中表示倍数比较的说法主要有以下几种。
1．A+be+倍数+形容词比较级+than+B．例：
The Yangtze River is almost twice longer than the Pearl River.
（长江差不多比珠江长两倍。）
The dictionary is exactly five times more expensive than that one.
（这本字典比那本恰好贵5倍。）
2．A+be+倍数+as+形容词原级+as+B．例：
This tree is three times as tall as that one.
（这棵树是那棵树的三倍高。）
His father is twice as old as he.
（他父亲的年纪是他两倍大。）
3．A+be+倍数+the+计量名词+of+B．例：
The newly broadened square is four times the size of the previous one.
（新扩建的广场面积是之前的四倍大。）
4．The+计量名词+of+A+ be+倍数+that+of+B．上面那个例句套用这这个句式就是：
The size of the newly broadened square is four times that of the previous one.