【練習五十九】
以下的句子都有冠詞用法的錯誤，請改正這些錯誤：
1. The Girls are often good in learning languages.
2. The dogs always chase the cats.
3. Do you have the time?
4. I have not had a water for two hours.
5. There is no life without the pain.
6. The love is the most important thing in one’s life.
7. He has the wisdom.
8. I am losing the patience.
9. This is not time to cry.
10. Pain due to losing a loved one is hard to endure.
11. Joy being a father is really great.
12. Being honest is virtue.
13. Speaking the truth is good policy.
14. Can you feel sadness of his?
15. We need the air to live.
16. I do not drink the coffee. I drink the tea.
17. We Chinese eat the rice every day.
18. Water in this area is very clean.
19. There was fire in the next street last night.
20. Fire last night killed three kids.
21. Coffee which you are drinking is from South America.
22. Mary is from the Canada.
23. The China is a large country.
24. Republic of China was Founded in 1911.
25. Where is the England?
26. Is the Russian in Europe.
27. The President Lincoln is a great person.
28. The King George was a mad king.
29. Yellow River is a long river.
30. Have you been to Gobi Desert?
31. Manila Bay is very beautiful.
32. It is hard to cross Atlantic Ocean by a small boat.
33. Can you swim across English Channel?
34. United States of America is a large country.
35. United Nations and Red Cross often work together.
36. When did Ottoman Empire end?
37. British Empire was large before.
38. Catholic Church is one of the oldest organizations in the world.
39. This cup was made in Ming Dynasty.
40. Renaissance is a very important era for mankind.
41. We should not go back to Dark Ages.
42. Wangs did not invite me to their house.
43. I do not like Kennedys.
44. Chinese pay great attention to education.
45. I do not like the physics.
46. Are you interested in the chemistry?
47. Did you have the lunch?
48. Let us have the dinner together.
49. I always have a breakfast with my family.
50. I had big dinner last night.
51. Dinner my mother cooked for me was delicious.
52. I go to the church every Sunday.
53. He does not like to go to the school.
54. Did you see beautiful church in the next street?
55. The English is so hard for me.
56. Do you speak the English?
57. Do you play the tennis?
58. The swimming is good for you.
59. I like the walking in the woods.
60. I practice the baseball every week.
【練習六十】
在以下的空白處加入冠詞，如不需要冠詞，就讓它空白：
1. boys usually do not like to sit still for long.
2. I love to have cup of coffee.
3. There is love between us.
4. Can you feel love from you mother?
5. joy for having a new baby is really great.
6. Do you have time for a walk?
7. We can not live without love.
8. I have not drunk wine for a long time.
9. Do you have wisdom to distinguish bad persons from good persons?
10. This is good dinner.
11. I did not have dinner.
12. joy being mother is great.
13. Running is good practice.
14. sadness due to the death of his mother really hurts him.
15. We need water to live.
16. We can not live without air.
17. I do not drink coffee.
18. fire with occurred last night destroyed my house.
19. coffee which you are drinking is very light.
20. Republic of China is in Asia.
21. Where is Russia?
22. Is France in Africa?
23. President Kennedy was liked by most American before be died.
24. Amazon River is a long one.
25. Have you ever been to Tokyo?
26. Have you ever been to Tokyo Bay?
27. There are more than one hundred countries in United Nations.
28. This is Ming Dynasty porcalain.
29. Wangs invited us to a dinner party.
30. I do not like mathematics.
31. spring is a pleasant season.
32. I had pleasant evening with my friends.
33. breakfast which I had this morning was too light for me.
34. It is not easy to study English.
35. I did play basketball yesterday.
36. swimming is a good exercise.
37. There should be chicken in every pot.
38. It is good idea to eat lightly.
【練習六十一】
將以下的句子譯成成英文：
1. 狗會叫(bark)。
2. 貓會抓老鼠。
3. 有時候(sometimes)，痛苦是好的。
4. 我不喝茶。
5. 感覺到被愛是很重要的。
6. 說實話令人快樂。
7. 我們需要愛。
8. 他是一個中國人。
9. 中國人喜歡喝茶。
10. 昨夜，城里有一場火。
11. 約翰來自美國。
12. 法國在哪里?
13. 我喜歡林肯總統(tǒng)。
14. 黃河不是黃的。
15. 紅十字會已經(jīng)有一百年了(one hundred years old)。
16. 明朝是一個重要的朝代。
17. 你喜愛數(shù)學嗎?
18. 我今天早上沒有吃早飯。
19. 我已吃過午飯。
20. 我昨天沒有去教堂。
21. 我今年秋天要上大學。
22. 游泳使我強壯。
第十三章 形容詞的比較級
如果我們要翻譯〝他比較老〞，我們不能說
* He is more old.
而一定要說
He is older.
為什么呢?這是因為英文里面的形容詞有所謂的比較級規(guī)則。在下一節(jié)，我們講一些最基本的規(guī)則。
13§1 最基本的規(guī)則
首先，我們要說明英文形容詞有三個等級：原級、比較級和最高級，最基本的規(guī)則是根據(jù)音節(jié)的多少來分的。一般來說，單音節(jié)的形容詞在字后面加er，就變成了比較級，加est就變成了最高級，而雙音節(jié)，或雙音節(jié)以上的形容詞，比較級是在字前面加more，最高級則是在字前面加most，舉例來說，old, smart, strong, weak, high, low等等都是單音節(jié)的形容詞，他們的變化如下：
原級 比較級 最高級
old older oldest
smart smarter smartest
strong stronger strongest
weak weaker weakest
high higher highest
low lower lowest
以上的形容詞，都是單音節(jié)的，以下的例子都有關雙音節(jié)的形容詞：
原級 比較級 最高級
difficult more difficult most difficult
delicious more delicious most delicious
beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
correct more correct most correct
stupid more stupid most stupid
significant more significant most significant
有一個規(guī)則必須注意，我們不能將more和er混在一齊用，以下的例子都是錯的：
* He is more older than I.
* He is more taller than his brother.
正確的句子是：
He is older than I.
He is taller than his brother.
【練習六十二】
寫出以下形容詞的比較級：
1. small
2. slow
3. intelligent
4. expensive
5. tall
6. short
7. important
8. cheap
9. famous
10. cold
11. fast
12. careful
13. colorful
14. long
15. dark
16. bright
13§2 特殊的比較級規(guī)則
在上一節(jié)，我們說明了最基本的規(guī)則，那就是單音節(jié)形容詞加er或est，雙音節(jié)的形容詞前面加more或most。但以下就是這些基本規(guī)則的例外。
(1) 單音節(jié)形容詞的字是e，就直接加r或st：
原級 比較級 最高級
large larger largest
late later latest
nice nicer nicest
wise wiser wisest
(2) 形容詞的字尾是y，而前一個子母是一個子音，則除掉y，加上ier，或iest：
原級 比較級 最高級
lucky luckier luckiest
happy happier happiest
pretty prettier prettiest
dry drier driest
easy easier easiest
(3) 單音節(jié)形容詞的字尾是子音，前一音是一個元音，則字尾必須重復一次，再加er或est：
原級 比較級 最高級
fat fatter fattest
hot hotter hottest
wet wetter wettest
big bigger biggest
(4) 完全不規(guī)則的變化：
英文中，有幾個特殊的字，他們的比較級完全沒有規(guī)則，以下是一些例子，讀者必須記住：
原級 比較級 最高級
good
well better best
bad worse worst
many
much more most
