我比我妹妹更外向。I'm more outgoing than my sister,

heavy, 胖的，笨重的 ，比较级形式为heavier,

thin, 瘦的 ，其比较级形式为thinner,

他很胖，可他的哥哥却瘦。He is very heavy, but his brother is thin,

 重的，剧烈的，大的 heavy,

 大雨heavy rain,

大雪heavy snow,

浓烟heavy smoke,

烟瘾大的人heavy smoker,

酒瘾大的人heavy drinker,

食量大的人heavy eater,

患重感冒have a heavy cold,

交通拥挤heavy traffic,

 busy traffic,

 安静的，文静的 ，quiet,

 外向的，友好的，擅于交际的 ，outgoing,

  他们向一个安静的地方走去。They walked to a quiet place,

你感冒了，所以必须在家静养。You have a cold, so you must keep quiet at home,

 他比我外向。He is more outgoing than me,

calm, 镇静的，平静的 指不受干扰时的宁静, 平静，指人时表示沉着的, 镇定的。

still, 不动的，静止的 指物理上的安静状态。

quiet, 安静的，静止的 指寂静的状态，没有吵闹, 骚乱，指人表示娴静, 文静。

silent, 沉默的，无言的 主要指人，指不发出声音或不说话，强调无声的状态。

 面对危险，我们应该保持沉着, 冷静。When we face danger, we should keep calm,

 当给这个婴儿拍照时，她一动也不动。The baby kept still when she was taking photos,

同学们，安静！老师来了。Be quiet, everyone, The teacher is coming,

当老师问我们问题时，我们不应该保持沉默。We shouldn't keep silent when the teacher asks us some questions,

 安静的 quiet,

 相当 quite,

serious, 严肃的, 认真的, 严重的, 危险的 。比较级为more serious,

 对 认真 。be serious about,

问题是多么严重啊！How serious the matter is!,

当我意识到他不是开玩笑时，我就不再笑了。I stopped laughing when I realized he was serious about it,

mean,意思是，指的是 ，后接名词, 动词不定式或that,从句。

红灯意思是停止 。The red light means stop ,

  你的意思是我太胖了？Do you mean that I am too heavy?,

mean,打算，意欲 ，后面常接不定式。

他打算把这件事做好。He means to do it well,

mean, 意味着  ，后面常接动名词作宾语。

赶不上这列火车意味着再等一小时。Missing the train means waiting for an hour,

  是什么意思？ What does mean?

What's the meaning of ?

 What do you mean by ?,

 在某些方面，就某些方面而言 。in some ways,

在某些方面，那工作很难。In some ways the job is difficult,

 挡道in the way,

 顺便说一下，在句中作插入语，用逗号隔开by the way,

 在去 的路上，on the way to,  

 on one's way to,

 用这种方法方式in this way,

both代词， 两者，双方，两人 。

这两朵花都很漂亮。Both of the flowers are very beautiful,  

 The flowers are both very beautiful,

both 形容词， 两者的，双方的 。

这两本字典她都想要。She wants both dictionaries,

这两个答案都是错的。Both the answers are wrong,

both 副词， 两者，两者都是 ，常用于行为动词之前，be,动词, 助动词, 情态动词之后。

  他们俩都会跳舞。They can both dance,

both,   and,  和 都，既 又  ，用于连接两个并列成分，连接并列主语时，谓语动词应该用复数形式。

  你和你姐姐都非常喜欢它。Both you and your sister like it very much,

当both用于否定句时， 并非两者都  。

这两件毛衣，我并不都喜欢。I don't like both the sweaters,

both,    and, 的否定形式为neither,    nor, 既不 也不  。

他既不会法语也不会英语。He can speak neither French nor English,

兴趣，爱好 。interest,

  对 感兴趣take an interest in, show an interest in,

  对 有兴趣have an interest in,

对 失去兴趣lose an interest in,

 发觉对有兴趣find interest in,

 发觉对没有兴趣find no interest in,

那个男孩对唱歌感兴趣。The boy takes an interest in singing,

  我妹妹对学习没有兴趣。My sister found no interest in studying,

interest还可以做动词，使 感兴趣 。

他使我对户外运动产生了兴趣。He interested me in outdoor sports,

interest 名词,动词 兴趣，爱好，使 感兴趣

interesting, 形容词 有趣的，令人感兴趣的，多用来修饰物

interested, 形容词 多用来修饰人，

 对 感兴趣 be interested in,

那部电影引人入胜。The film is interesting,

 那个小女孩对书感兴趣。The little girl is interested in books,

though,作连词， 虽然，即使，纵然 ，放在从句的开头和中间均可。

虽然下着雨，但我们仍然坚持工作。Though it was raining, we were still working,

though,作副词， 然而，但是 ，一般放在句末。

他不可能完成这么多作业，然而他做完了。It was impossible for him to do so much homework, He finished it though,

though,和although,两者都可用作连词，意义相同，但although,常放在从句开头的位置，不用于从句中间，而though,放在从句的开头和中间均可。

虽然他们很穷，但很快乐。Although they are poor, they are happy,

Though they are poor,they are happy,

Poor though they are, they are happy,

although,只能作连词，但though,既可以作连词，也可以作副词。

  好像 as though,

 即使even though,

although,和though,不能和but,连用，二者只能用其一。

beat, 赢，打败，战胜 ，后接人或某一团队, 组织等，其过去式为beat。

 昨天跳远我赢了他。I beat him at long jump yesterday,

 打，击，表示连续不断的打击。beat,

谁在打鼓？Who is beating the drum?,

(心脏)等跳动beat,

我觉得我的心脏在剧烈跳动。I feel my heart is beating fast,

beat,的宾语为人或相当于人的团体, 组织，而win,的宾语为奖品或某个项目，过去式为won,

  虽然我们弱，但我们赢了他们。Though we were weak, we beat them,

 谁在比赛中赢得了一等奖？Who win the first prize in the competition?,

当列举成分是主语，又在否定词之前，用and,连接，当列举成分在否定词之后时，用or,构成完全否定。

我不会唱歌，也不会跳舞。I can't sing or dance,

  丽丽和露西都不会说汉语。Lily and Lucy can't speak Chinese,

在否定句中，如果所连接的两部分都有否定词，用and而不用or。

月球上没有水和空气。There is no water and no air on the moon,

在否定句中，without后若有列举成分，则用and连接，构成完全否定，而在肯定句中，without后的列举成分要用or,连接才构成完全否定。

没有水和空气，人就不能生存。Man can't live without air and water,

  Man will die without air or water,

as you can see, 正如你所看到的 as,是关系代词， 如同(正如) 一样 ，引导状语从句。

  正如你所知，我们年龄相仿。As you know, we are the same age,

  正如你所说，他是个坏男孩。As you say, he is a bad boy,

more than one+单数 不止一个  这一结构作主语时，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。

不止一个男孩知道怎样玩电脑游戏。More than one boy knows how to play the computer games,

他所说的话使我们很高兴。What he said makes us happy,

 别把门开着。Don't keep the door open,

 我们选约翰当班长。We made John our monitor,

more+复数名词+than one, 不止一个 但这一结构作主语时，谓语动词用复数形式。

  不止一个学生擅长数学。More students than one do well in maths,

more than 超过，多于 ，相当于over,

 他的父亲50多岁了。His father is more than 50 years old,

more than 不仅 ，与no more than 仅仅 相对。

她不仅是一位老师，还是一个姐姐。 She is more than a teacher,She is also a sister,

在我们班男孩比女孩多。There are more boys than girls in my class,

more than的反义词为less than，不到，少于

 我家离这里不到三英里远。My home is less than three miles from here,

使让某人做某事make somebody do something,

类似的动词还有let, have,等。

 老板让他们长时间工作。The boss made them work for long time,

  他们使我们忘记了过去。They made us forget past,

make作 使  讲时，还可用make+ 宾语+形容词或者名词(作宾补)，类似的词还有keep,等。

她自己做衣服。She makes her own clothes,

公路上扬起的沙子呛得他咳嗽起来。Grit from the highway made him cough,

詹姆斯·邦德——这个使他一举成名的角色James Bond, the role that made him a star,

他们生活在幻想的世界里，相形之下连欧洲迪士尼乐园都显得毫无创意。They live in fantasy worlds which make Euro Disney seem uninventive,

正如你所知，我们年龄相仿。As you know, we are the same age,

正如你所说，他是个坏男孩。As you say, he is a bad boy,

do you think一般作插入语，其位置较为灵活，可以放在句首, 句中或句尾，在句尾时，常用逗号隔开，在句首时，要用陈述句语序。

 你认为他什么时候回来？When do you think he will come?

 Do you think when he will come?

 When he will come, do you think?,

停止做某事stop doing something,

他不看电视了，开始读英语。He stopped watching TV and began to read English,

停下来原来做的事，做另一件事stop to do something,

他看了一个小时的电视，八点钟他停下来去做作业。 He watched TV for an hour, At 8 he stopped to do his homework,

A＋动词＋形容词或副词比较级＋than＋B，两者相比较，A比B更 一些。

 他弟弟比我年轻。His brother is younger than I,

 His brother is younger than me,

  北京比武汉更漂亮。Beijing is more beautiful than Wuhan,

注意：在比较级前有时可加一些状语，如much, a lot, a little, still, even, 等以示强调或加强语气。

 这个箱子比你的要稍重一些。This box is a little heavier than yours,

这部影片比那部有趣得多。This movie is much more interesting than that one,

A+动词+as+形容词或副词原级+as+B，表示A和B两者比较，程度相同，  和 相同 。  

 我叔叔和你父亲一样高。My uncle is as tall as your father,

 我的狗与那个狗一样大。My dog is as old as that one,

A＋not＋as＋形容词或副词原级＋as＋B，  A＋not＋so＋形容词或副词原级＋as＋B 表示A，B两者程度不同， A不如B那么  。

  我叔叔不如你父亲高。My uncle is not as tall as your father,

 汤姆不如约翰诚实。Tom is not as honest as John,

 他没你跑得快。He can't run so fast as you,

 He can't run as fast as you,

 比较级+ and+比较级

 more and more+原级(多音节词和部分双音节词)

我们的城市越来越美丽了。Our city is more and more beautiful,

越来越多的国家开始拯救金融危机。More and more countries begin to save the financial crisis,

 the+比较级，the+比较级  越 就越  。

 你书读得越多，你知道得就越多。The more you read, the more you know,

修饰比较级的词有，much, a little, a bit, a lot, even, a great deal, still,等。

 我哥哥比我高很多。My brother is much taller than me,

当比较级后有of the two,之类的词语时，比较级前要加定冠词the,。

 露西是双胞胎中比较高的那个。Lucy is the taller of the twins,

much more+不可数

many more+可数名词复数

你有更大的信心。You have much more confidence,

一些同学反对这项计划，但是有更多人支持它。Some students are against the plan, but many more support it,

old,的比较级形式有older,和elder, elder,只用于兄弟姐妹的长幼关系。

 我哥哥是一位有名的艺术家。My elder brother is a famous artist,

far,的比较级形式有farther,或者further,  farther,表示距离，further,表示更进一步。

 我没有什么要说的了。I have nothing further to say,