Read the following sample notices and learn to write your own.
Seminars
Sponsored by the Municipal
Health Association and General Hospital
Topics: On AIDS, Mad Cow Disease and Anthrax
Speaker: Dr. Tom Black
Chair: Prof. Yuan Lin
Time: 3:00–5:00 p.m., Friday, Oct. 11, 2019
Place: Lecture Room 305, Library Building
Vocabulary:
seminar 研讨会 municipal 市政的 association 协会
AIDS 艾滋病 anthrax 炭疽热
研讨会
主办：市健康协会及市总医院
主题：艾融病、疯牛病和炭疽热
演讲者：汤姆·布莱克博士
主持：袁林教授
时间：2019年10月11日（星期五）15:00—2:00
地点：图书馆305演讲室
Data Bank
1) The circus enjoys a good reputation around the world.
这个马戏团在世界上享有很高的声誉。
2) Here comes a rare chance to appreciate the trio tenors!
千载难逢的好机会！快来欣赏男高音三重唱！
3) The super star Spicy Girls will lead the performance.
超级明星辣妹组合将领衔演出。
4) The amateur Beijing Opera Troupe has been active for the past years
这个业余京剧团过去几年一直活跃在舞台上。
5) Come for the real hit of rock’'n'roll performance!
请来欣赏一场真正的摇滚乐演出！
6) Diverse minority costumes will be exhibited with exquisite charm.
将展出各种具有精美风采的少数民族服装。
7) The Mongolian singers will display their bold character of vigorous melody.
蒙古族歌唱家将用激昂的旋律展现出雄浑的民族风格。
8) The world-known Vienna Boy's Choir will give a wonderful performance.
世界著名的维也纳少年男生合唱团将做精彩表演。
9) The piano solo will be at the Theater of the Beijing Exhibition Center.
钢琴独奏会将在北京展览中心剧院举行。
10) Come for the exciting and thrilling feats with breathtaking color & beauty.
节目丰富多彩，表演扣人心弦。
Grammar Reviewing and Sentence Writing: The Comparative Form of
Adiectives and Adverbs
形容词和副词的比较级
英语中大部分形容词的含义都有程度上的差异。这种程度差异在语法上主要用比较等级的形式表现，“更高”用比较级表示，而“最高”则用最高级表示。如：
tall → taller → tallest
beautiful→ more beautiful→(the) most beautiful
1.同等程度的比较
1）“与…一样”———“as +形容词／副词原级+ as”
Ted is as bright as John.
John behaves as politely as Mark (does).
2）“与…一样”，“并不比…更…(形容词/副词的反义)”——“no +形容词／副
词比较级+ than”
John is no better than Tom.
This room is no larger than that one,
2.不同程度的比较
1）“比…更…”——“形容词／副词比较级+than”
John is brighter than Mark.
John behaves more politely than Ted.
2）“不如／没有…”——“not as / so 形容词/副词原级+as”
John is not as tall as Bob.
John doesn't behave as / so politely as Bob.
3）“不如／没有…”——“less +形容词／副词原级+than”
John is less tall than Bob.
John behaves less politely than Bob.
3.最高程度的比较
1)“在…当中最”———“形客词／副同最高级+of(同类比较对象）/ in(比较范围）/ (n)ever 从句／分词短语”
Bob is the tallest of the three boys.
He works (the) hardest of all.
The Sahara is the biggest desert in the world.
This is the most interesting book I have ever read,
2）“比…都更”，“最”———“比较级 +than anyone else /比较级+than any other.
/ nothing +比较级 / not+比较级”
George did more work than anyone else.
This car run faster than any other car in the garage.
3)“在…当中最不”——“the least +形容词／副词原级+of / in /(n)ever 从句/分
词短语”
He behaved the least politely of the three.
This is the least difficult book I've ever read.
形容词比较等级经常使用程度、数量副词或其短语以及倍数等作其前修饰语，说明
差异程度。如：
nearly as big as a man
much more difficult
a little heavier
far more important
a great deal easier
two meters longer
three times faster
4.对比与比较
1)“越…就越”——“the +比较级，the +比较级”
The older I get, the happier I am.
The sooner you start, the more early you'll get there,
2)“越来越”——“比较级+and +比较级”
The car was running faster and faster.
lane became more and more beautiful.
Write a short passage of about 100 words to tell a story or describe an event related to the picture given below. Some useful words and phrases are provided here to help you. You may start the passage with the sentence: Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese festival.• fall on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month;
• weather turns warm;
• observe the festival to commemorate;
• Qu Yuan, the ancient patriotic poet;
• traditional customs;
• wrap and eat Zongzi, the special food for this festival;
• pyramid-shaped dumpling;
• glutinous rice; bamboo leaves;
• sweet and salty fillings;
• Dragon Boat Racing; row dragon boats;
• special activity;
• remind Chinese people of Qu Yuan;
• inspire people to love the motherland...
REFERRENCE:
Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese festival. It falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, a pleasant time when the weather turns warm. This festival is observed to commemorate the ancient patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Zongzi is a special food for this festival. It is a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves. There are various kinds of Zongzi, with both sweet and salty fillings. Dragon Boat Racing is another special activity on the very day. Chinese people will wrap and eat Zongzi and row Dragon Boats on the same day every year. These traditional customs remind them of Qu Yuan and inspire them to love their motherland.
