故事 Story

（上完地理课后）
老师：你这节课的收获是什么？
学生：最大的收获就是我觉得老师比我爸爸聪明。
老师：为什么?
学生：我爸爸喝了酒才知道地球在不停地转动，而您不喝酒就知道了。


(After geography class)
Teacher: What have you learned from this class?
Student: I learned that I think you're smarter than my father.
Teacher: Why?
Student: My father knows that the earth is revolving only when he is drunk, but you have figured that out sober.


词语注释 Note

地理：（dìlǐ）n. geography

地球： (dìqiú) n. the earth ; globe

收获：(shōuhuò) n. harvest

觉得： (juéde) v. to believe; think

聪明： (cōngmíng) adj; smart; clever

转动： (zhuàndòng) v. to revolve

语言点 Language Point

1. 觉得：
"觉得"是一个动词，表示的意思是"感觉"或者"认为"，用法可以是"觉得" 形容词，或者"觉得" 句子。
"觉得" is a verb that means "to feel" or "to think," and its usage is "觉得" adj, "觉得" sentence.
如：
昨天我出去走了走，觉得外面很热。
Yesterday I went for a walk and it felt hot outside.
A: 你看到我给你的计划书了吗？有什么建议？
B: 我觉得很好。
A: Have you seen my plan? Do you have any advice?
B: I think it is good.
老师觉得他的口语需要进一步练习。
The teacher thinks he needs to do more oral language practice.


2. 比较句
比较句在汉语中有如下几个常见的用法：
（1）A 比 B 更（再、还）...
这次买的水果比上次更贵。
The fruit we bought this time is even more expensive than last time's.
我认识的人里面没有比她再漂亮的了。
Of the people I know, nobody is prettier than she is.


（2）A 比 B adj. 一点儿/很多/的多/多了
注意：句中形容词前面不能加"很"、"最"、"非常"等副词。
Note: Do not add "very," "most," or "extremely" before the adj.
在中国，南方比北方热很多。
In China, it is much hotter in the South than in the North.
这个问题比那个问题难一点儿，我需要更多的时间考虑。
This question is a bit more difficult than that one. I need more time to think about it.


（3）A （不/没）比 B v. 得
他早上不比我起得早。
He doesn't get up earlier than I do in the morning.
如果我们比赛，他不比我跑得快。
If we were to race, he wouldn't run faster than me.

• harvest [´hɑ:vist]   n.&v.收获；收割   (初中英语单词)
• expensive [ik´spensiv]   a.费钱的，昂贵的   (初中英语单词)
• geography [dʒi´ɔgrəfi]   n.地理(学)   (高中英语单词)
• learned [´lə:nid]   a.有学问的，博学的   (高中英语单词)