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!
New words and expressions 生词和短语
competition n. 比赛,竞赛
neat adj. 整洁的,整洁的
path n. 小路,小径
wooden adj. 木头的
pool n. 水池
Notes on the text 课文注释
1 Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town.乔·桑德斯拥有我们镇上最漂亮的花园。在第1册的第107-112课中,我们讲到了英文中形容词和副词的比较级和最高级。本课的主要句型仍是形容词和副词的比较级和最高级。如果形容词或副词有两个以上音节,其比较级和最高级是在形容词或副词前加上more或most,如more interesting, the most beautiful。
2 enter for,报名参加(各种竞赛,考试等活动)
3 more flowers and vegetables,更多的花卉和蔬菜。英语中有些形容词或副词的比较级和最高级并不规则,如课文中的good - better - best, bad - worse - worst, many - more - most。
4 for the worst garden in the town是介词短语作定语,修饰prize。