Comparing and contrasting 比較和對比
Comparing and contrasting – modifying comparatives
比較和對比—比較修飾
When we want to talk about similarities and differences we can use adjectives in their comparative forms …當我們談到異同時，我們用形容詞的比較形式。
例如：
• Max is taller than Judy.
• You’re more intelligent than me.
or we can use (not) as (adjective) as 或者我們會用“（not）as （形容詞）as”
例如：
• Her hair is as long as mine.
• This one’s not as interesting as his first book. Remember that ‘not as interesting as’ means ‘less interesting than'.
We can also use expressions like different from, similar to and the same as. 我們還能用以下三個來做比較。
• She’s very different from her sister. They’re very different.
• Sri Lankan food is similar to Indian food. They’re similar.
• Andrew is the same age as Lily. Their ages are the same. We use same with nouns.
Modifying comparisons 比較修飾
A big difference – much, a lot, far 一個很大的差別—用much、a lot、 far
We can modify comparative adjectives to show that there is a big difference between things. 我們能用比較修辭形容詞去表示事物之間有一個很大的區別。
• Sales in July were much higher than sales in June.
• She’s a lot taller than you.
• This one’s far more expensive than the blue one.
We can also say that things are completely or totally different from each other. 我們也能說事物是完全不同的，用completely 和 totally different from。
• They may be twins but they’re completely different from each other.
A small difference – slightly, a little, a bit, not much 一個很小的差別—slightly、 a little、a bit、not much
We can show there is a small difference.
• Sales in August were slightly lower than sales in July.
• You’re a bit younger than me.
• These are not much more expensive than those.
No difference – exactly, more or less, roughly 幾乎沒有差別—exactly、more or less、 roughly
We can show that there is no difference or almost no difference.
• He’s exactly the same age as me. ( No difference)
• The figures for December are more or less the same as the figures for November. (a tiny difference)
