新概念第一册自学导读 Lessons107-108

词汇学习  Word study

1．compare  v.

比较，对照：

The article compares the different features of imported cars on the market.

这篇文章比较了市场上进口汽车的不同特点。

Compared to our little garden, his garden seemed like a park.

与我们的花园相比，他的花园就像是一个公园。

2．suit  v.

（1）适合；适宜于：

Finding a place that suits us all is very difficult.

找到一个适合于我们所有人的地方是很困难的。

‘One o'clock? That does not suit me.’

“1点钟？那个时间对我来说不合适。”

（2）相称，相当：

He would not be suited to the job.

他不适合干那份工作。

Blue suits her.

蓝色与她相配。

练习答案  Key to written exercises

Lesson 108

A

1  It is cool today, but it was cooler yesterday.

2  It is wet today, but it was wetter yesterday.

3  He's late again today, but he was later yesterday.

4  This test is easy, but that one is easier.

5  This bookcase is large, but that one is larger.

B

1  I am older than you are.

I am the oldest in the class.

2  I am taller than you are.

I am the tallest in the class.

3  I am lazier than you are.

I am the laziest in the class.

4  I am heavier than you are.

I am the heaviest in the class.

5  I am luckier than you are.

I am the luckiest in the class.

6  I am fatter than you are.

I am the fattest in the class.

7  I am thinner than you are.

I am the thinnest in the class.

8  I am bigger than you are.

I am the biggest in the class.

C

1  But that street is cleaner.

It is the cleanest street I have ever seen.

2  But that man is older.

He is the oldest man I have ever seen.

3  But that river is longer.

It is the longest river I have ever seen.

4  But that woman is shorter.

She is the shortest woman I have ever seen.

5  But that knife is blunter.

It is the bluntest knife I have ever seen.

6  But that car is cheaper.

It is the cheapest car I have ever seen.