Module One My first day at Senior high
亞洲是歐洲的四倍大。
②a+be+倍數+ 比較級+than+b
asia is three times larger than europe.
亞洲比歐洲大三倍。
③a+be+倍數+the size/length/height/depth/width+ of+ b
asia is four times the size of europe.
亞洲是歐洲的四倍大。
注: time 表示倍數,一般只限于表示基數詞在內的三倍或三倍以上,若表示兩倍可用副詞twice 或形容詞double。 time 表示的倍數也可以用分數,百分數或某些表程度的副詞替換。
the street is twice the length of that one.
這條街是那條街的兩倍長。
ten is double five.十是五的二倍。
this pencil is a quarter as long as that one.
這枝鉛筆是那枝的四分之一長。
our room is 60% the size of theirs. 我們房間的面積是他們房間面積的60%。
4 i'm looking forward to doing it!我非常渴望去做。
look forward to sth./doing sth. 意思是“期待著某事/做某事”,其中“to”是介詞。
i look forward to hearing from you as early as possible.
我期待著早日收到你的來信。
boys and girls are looking forward to children's day.
孩子們期盼著兒童節的來臨。
i'm looking forward to his return just as much as he himself seeing me.
我期待他的歸來同他盼望見到我的心懷一樣強烈。
[鏈接]動詞+介詞to構成的常用短語有:
look forward to 盼望…… turn to 求助于;轉向;翻到……
pay attention to 注意…… stick to 堅持
get down to 開始認真干…… object to 反對
belong to 屬于 refer to 談到,涉及,參閱
point to 指向 see to 處理,料理
come to 共計;蘇醒 reply to 答復
agree to 同意 add to 增加
devote…to… 貢獻……給…… compare…to…把……比作……
5 the school year is divided into two semesters, the first of which is september through december, and the second is january through may.
一學年有兩個學期,第一學期從九月到十二月,第二學期從一月到五月。
(1)be divided into “把……分成……”。如:
our class is divided into four groups. 我們班分成四組。
america is divided into over 30 stales. 美國分成50多個州。
(2)the first of which…是定語從句,修飾 semesters. 如:
we live in a house, in front of which is a small river.
6 i live in shijiazhuang, a city not far from beijing
(1)far from a) 遠離 b) 毫不;遠非;一點也不
(2)away from & far (away) from , 兩個短語都可以用來作表語,狀語和后置定語。其中,其中away from用在表示具體距離的詞后面時,意為“離……(多遠), be away from意為“離開”。 far (away) from 通常不和具體的距離的詞連用,意為“離某地很遠”。
we were sitting ___________(離……太遠)the stage to be able to see very much.