PET口语系列 -- 5 Ways to Compare and Contrast in English

rohoodie · 发表于 2019-7-3 13:11

OOE这套口语视频有很多集，我正在整理出PET考试适用的，结合考试特点扩展写一写。为了方便家长孩子观看，我压制了英文字幕。教学视频语速很慢，配上字幕后基本不用担心听不懂。目前只更新了两集。在我的个人公号可以在线看或者网盘下载，每周更新。

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5 Ways to Compare and Contrast in English
作比较和对比的五个技巧

比较两个或多个事物，有异有同。可按程度大致分为四类：大同，大异，小异，小同（相似）。视频中分别讲解了四套针对句型。
我发现真题真的偏爱问”偏爱“的题目，比如问你“A和B更喜欢哪个？”“一年之中哪个季节最适合去xx地方？”
做选择也是一种比较。思路打开之后就可以滔滔不绝了。

视频共分五个部分。
      •       How to talk about big differences
      •       How to talk about very close similarities
      •       How to talk about small differences
      •       How to talk about similarities
      •       Making a longer answer

1 How to talk about big differences
非常不同

首先是一些通用短句

They’re totally/so different.
It’s hard/impossible to compare them.
They’re (almost) nothing alike.

使用比较级
Everything moves (so) much faster.
比较句的句式非常实用且常见，但注意不要犯错，例如“much faster" 说成"more faster".

使用增强词
口语考试中可以在比较级之前加一个“增强词”（intensifier），例如much, so much, 或way （更口语化）
The museum was so / way much more interesting than I expected.

我们继续用2020的官方真题举例，Part 2中的问题 (吐槽一下，这个问题真是让人感到莫名）
Q: Which is better, morning or afternoon? (Why?)

使用比较级回答
A: I think the afternoon is way better.
后面再展开回答原因

2 How to talk about very close similarities
非常相似

以人物描述为例

They’re so alike.
I can hardly tell them apart.
They look so similar.
They’re equally funny.
A is just as impatient as B.

从人物扩展到其它类别：

I can hardly tell these two wines apart.
I hated both cities; they’re equally terrible.
Playing golf is just as boring as watching it.

3 How to talk about small differences
细微差别

在比较级之前加修饰语，例如a bit, a little, slightly等。
以体育运动举例

They played a bit better.
They were just a little sharper.
The keeper did slightly better.
not quite as… as…句型

以真题为例，2020，Part 4
Q: Which do you think is more interesting: visiting the countryside or visiting a city?
A: I think visiting a city is not quite as interesting as visiting the countryside.

4 How to talk about similarities
细微相似

侧重点放在“非常相似”或是“细微差别”。
以food为例

The dishes didn’t vary much.
Everything tasted much the same.
The main dishes were all pretty similar.
It was more or less like tonight.
It was nearly as expensive as that Japanese place we went to for my birthday.

往其他方面扩展：

Apartments here don’t vary much.
You can do it today or tomorrow—it’s much the same to me.
A lot of cities / small towns in China are pretty similar.
There are different versions of rugby, but the basic idea is more or less the same.
My sister is almost as tall as me now!

5 Making a longer answer
如何构造长段落

实际运用中会用到一系列的比较，既要讨论相同之处，也要比较差别，结合上面四种情况的句式。
这部分可以看一下，但感觉PET口语的问题复杂度还没有到这个程度……

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个人浅见，欢迎交流。

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