课文
The best and the worst「最好的和最差的」
Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for ‘The Nicest Garden Competition’ each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Frith’s garden is larger than Joe’s. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe’s garden is more interesting. He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool. I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work. Every year I enter for the garden competition too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town!
译：
乔.桑德斯拥有我们镇上最漂亮的花园。几乎每个人都参加每年举办的“最佳花园竞赛”，而每次都是乔获胜。比尔.弗里斯的花园比乔的花园大，他比乔也更为勤奋，种植的花卉和蔬菜也更多，但乔的花园更富有情趣。他修筑了一条条整洁的小路，并在一个池塘上架了一座小木桥。我也喜欢花园，但我却不愿意辛勤劳动。每年的花园竞赛我也参加，但总因是镇上最劣的花园而获得一个小奖！
enter for「报名参加」
词
competition：n. 比赛；竞赛「各种类型的比赛」compete「v.竞争」
race「n.赛事（含速度的比赛）」
swimming pool「游泳池」
enter：**vt./vi. 进入**
Joe entered the room quietly.「乔悄悄地走进了房间」
vt./vi. 参加，加入
He soon entered their conversation.「他很快便加入了他们的谈话」
enter for「报名参加」
He entered his son for the English examination.「他让儿子参加英语考试」
句子
形容词/副词的作用
adj.修饰名词
adv.修饰除名词外的结构「动词，句子，其他形容词或副词」
eg:
adj.
This is a wonderful world.「wonderful作定语（定语修饰名词或代词）」
Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable.「主系表，warm and comfortable作表语（表语修饰主语）」
adv.
Roy acted quickly.「修饰动词」
It rained continually and it was often bitterly cold.「修饰动词和形容词」
The students from elite universities catch up very quickly.「修饰副词」
adj.变adv.
形容词一般末尾变ly构成副词，如：rude-rudely，happy-happily
特殊的如：late，early「既是形容词又是副词」
adj./adv.的比较级
adj./adv.的比较级 +（than比较的对象）「和…相比更…（通常指两者间比较）」
变化：末尾加er或双写末尾+er或辅音+y先变y为i再加er或前加more。
eg：
Aeroplane tickets are more expensive than train tickets.「飞机票比火车票贵」
adj./adv.的最高级
adj./adv.最高级 + （介词短语表示比较范围）「…范围内最（特指，所以最高级前加定冠词the）…（通常用于三者或以上的比较）」
变化：短一点单词变最高级末尾加est，两个以上音节前加most。
eg：
My younger sister is the tallest in her class.「我的妹妹在她班是最高的」
常用的不规则变化
① 好：good「形容词」/well「副词」- better - the best
② 坏：bad - worse - the worst
③ 多：many「修饰可数」/much「修饰不可数」- more - the most
④ 少：little - less - the least
拓展
① 我比之前胖「从上到下逐渐高级」：
I am fatter than before.
I am fatter than I was.
I am fatter than I used to be.「use to do（过去常常），be为was原形」
② 交通拥堵比之前更严重：
The traffic block is more serious than before.
The traffic block is more serious than it was.
The traffic block is more serious than it used to be.
③ 北京人口比天津人口多：
The population of Beijing is larger than Tianjin.「×」（比较对象不一致）
The population of Beijing is larger than that of Tianjin.「√」（单数用that，复数用those，不能用this，these，英语规定上下文替换只能用that和those）
eg：
The visitors to London is more than Bath.「×」
The visitors to London is more than those to Bath.「√」
课文句子
Nearly everybody enters for ‘The Nicest Garden Competition each year, but Joe wins every time.「几乎每个人都参加每年举办的”最佳花园竞赛，而每次都是乔获胜”」
nearly和almost意思相近，表示「几乎，差不多，差点儿」：
I’m nearly/almost ready.「我快准备好了」
I have nearly forgotten his name.「我差点把他的名字忘了」
each和every可译为「每一个」，常常互相替换：
Every/Each time I wash the car it rains.「每次我擦洗汽车，天总是下雨」
① each更强调确定的，有限的个体，every不那么强调：
Each child in the school was questioned.「学校里的每个孩子都被询问过了」
Every child enjoys Christmas.「所有的/每个孩子都喜欢过圣诞节」
② each既可以作形容词，也可作代词，every只能作形容词：
They each have a share.「他们每个人都有一份」
Each of us has his own work to do.「他们每个人都有自己的工作要做」
He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool.「他修筑了一条条整洁的小路，并在一个池塘上架了一座小木桥」
make和build区别：
make词义广泛，解释为「做，作出，制造」
build主要限于建筑业，解释为「建造，建设，修筑（桥梁等）」
eg：
They have built a new house.「他们盖了一座新房子」
They have made a road along the river.「他们沿这条河筑了一条路」
Have you made the skirt by yourself?「这裙子是你自己做的吗？」