2023年02月03日 VOA慢速英语：在比较形容词前使用定冠词

 
After the winter holidays, some of us may feel the need to exercise and get healthy. We may have been eating richer foods than usual at meals shared with friends and families. During the winter months, gyms and sellers of exercise equipment often have an increase in business.
寒假过后，我们中的一些人可能会觉得需要锻炼身体来保持健康。我们可能在与朋友和家人分享的饭菜中吃到比平时更丰富的食物。在冬季，健身房和健身器材销售商的生意往往会有所增加。
 
One of our readers asked about expressions like, "the more you eat, the bigger your stomach gets." This expression is a good example of a time when we use the definite article, "the," with comparative adjectives. In this case, the comparative adjectives are "bigger" and "more." Today's lesson will center on this kind of structure.
我们的一位读者询问了诸如“你吃得越多，你的胃就越大”这样的表达方式。这个表达式是我们使用定冠词“the”和比较形容词的一个很好的例子。在这种情况下，比较形容词是“更大”和“更多”。今天的课程将围绕这种结构展开。
 
Let us review first how we usually use comparatives. They are adjectives -- words that give more information about, or describe, a noun. Here is an example:
让我们首先回顾一下我们通常如何使用比较级。它们是形容词——提供更多关于名词或描述名词的信息的词。这是一个例子：
 
Marco's New Year's party this year was bigger than last year.
马可今年的新年晚会比去年盛大。
 
In this sentence, "bigger" is an adjective describing the noun "party."
在这句话中，“更大”是形容名词“派对”的形容词。
 
Relationships
关系
 
The main thing to understand about using comparatives is that you are talking about the relationship of one thing to other things. When we have two expressions using "the" + "comparative" we are showing a relationship where one thing changes in relation to the other.
关于使用比较级要理解的主要事情是你在谈论一件事与另一件事的关系。当我们有两个使用“the”+“comparative”的表达式时，我们展示了一种关系，其中一件事相对于另一件事发生了变化。
 
Let us look at another example. Our friend Marco says he spent too much money on his huge party. He says that is because:
让我们看另一个例子。我们的朋友马可说他在他的大派对上花了太多钱。他说这是因为：
 
The bigger the party, the more food and drinks you must buy.
派对越大，您必须购买的食物和饮料就越多。
 
As you may remember, basic English sentences have a subject followed by a verb and sometimes an object. The subject and object are nouns. Generally, a verb comes before the object. For example:
你可能还记得，基本的英语句子有一个主语，后面跟着一个动词，有时还有一个宾语。主语和宾语都是名词。通常，动词位于宾语之前。例如：
 
You must buy more food and drinks.
你必须买更多的食物和饮料。
 
Something interesting happens to the usual word order in these sentences, however.
然而，这些句子中通常的词序发生了一些有趣的变化。
 
In our example, we heard the verb phrase after the object:
在我们的示例中，我们听到宾语后的动词短语：
 
…the more food and drinks you must buy.
……你必须购买的食物和饮料越多。
 
And we can sometimes leave out the verb with one of the subject nouns. Our earlier sentence could also be said this way:
有时我们可以省略带有主语名词之一的动词。我们前面的那句话也可以这样说：
 
The bigger the party is, the more food and drinks you must buy.
派对越大，您必须购买的食物和饮料就越多。
 
Homework
家庭作业
 
Now you can try making your own sentences with comparatives. Here are parts that you can combine to make the sentence type we have talked about. Remember you can choose to include one of the verbs if you like.
现在你可以尝试用比较级造句。您可以组合这些部分来构成我们讨论过的句子类型。请记住，您可以根据需要选择包含其中一个动词。
 
1. You get closer to the book.
1. 你离书更近了。
 
and
和
 
The text becomes clearer.
文字变得更加清晰。
 
Write down your sentence. And here are two more parts:
写下你的句子。这里还有两个部分：
 
2. The sun rises higher.
2. 太阳升得更高。
 
and
和
You feel warmer.
你感觉更暖和了。
 
Got it? Now, listen to the sentences and check yours:
知道了？现在，听句子并检查你的句子：
 
Sentence 1: The closer you get to the book, the clearer the text.
句子 1：离书越近，文字越清晰。
 
and
和
Sentence 2: The higher the sun, the warmer you feel.
句子 2：太阳越高，您感觉就越暖和。
 
I'm sure you did a good job! And that's Everyday Grammar!
我相信你做得很好！这就是日常语法！