The question form "did you use to" stared their dialog
從疑問(wèn)形式did you use to開(kāi)始了他們的對(duì)話
And the negative was there too
否定形式也包含在里面
Did you also notice the use of "not any longer"?
你還有沒(méi)有注意到not any longer的用法?
Listen for this once more as the dialog plays without subtitles
去掉字幕,再聽(tīng)一遍情景對(duì)話
Short questions are a way of showing interest
使用短問(wèn)句是個(gè)展現(xiàn)興趣
in what is been seen
和所見(jiàn)的事物的方法
Short questions are formed using just the auxiliary or helping verb
當(dāng)你想要表達(dá)自己對(duì)別人所見(jiàn)事物的興趣時(shí)
When you want to show interest in
你可以通過(guò)使用助動(dòng)詞
what someone has seen
做成短問(wèn)句來(lái)表達(dá)
I like playing rugby. Do you?
我喜歡玩英式橄欖球,你呢 ?
Anna doesn't like spaghetti. Doesn't she?
安娜不喜歡意面,不是嗎?
Jim didn't set his exam. Didn't he?
吉姆沒(méi)有為考試做好準(zhǔn)備,不是嗎?
Note that the auxiliary verb matches
要注意與助動(dòng)詞相匹配的第一個(gè)句子
the first sentence and tense, person and negative form
時(shí)態(tài),人稱 和否定形式
Read the subtitles of our next dialog
閱讀下一個(gè)情景對(duì)話中的字幕
and look for some short questions
并尋找短問(wèn)句
Help, sir! I've been robbed!
救命,先生!我被人搶劫了!
Do you really need my help?
你真的需要我?guī)兔幔?/div>
Someone stole my bag. I want justice!
有人偷了我的包,我要正義!
Do you? I want the day off
是嗎?我要休假
but we don't always get what we want, do we?
可咱們并不能總是得到自己想要的,不對(duì)嗎?
The man didn't have a car. You can still chase him
那個(gè)男的沒(méi)開(kāi)車,你還有機(jī)會(huì)抓住他
Didn't he? Perhaps he can use your money to buy one
是嗎?也許他可以用你的錢去買輛車
My mother's a mayor of this town
我媽媽是這個(gè)鎮(zhèn)的鎮(zhèn)長(zhǎng)
She doesn't like people treating me this way
她不會(huì)高興別人像你這樣對(duì)我的
Oh, doesn't she? Perhaps she can buy you a new handbag
哦,是嗎 ?也許她可以給你買個(gè)新的手提包
Short question is nice and easy to identify, aren't they?
短問(wèn)句是個(gè)方便溝通的好方法,不是嗎?
Here is another chance to make yourself feel good
有個(gè)讓你感覺(jué)良好的機(jī)會(huì)
By saying the short questions out loud at the right time
那就是跟著對(duì)話中的短問(wèn)句一起大聲朗讀出來(lái)
And now it's time for a complete change
現(xiàn)在是時(shí)候?qū)W點(diǎn)新東西了
It's time to learn about phrases for comparing
我們來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)用于比較的短語(yǔ)
We can compare things by using the form
我們可以用not as+一個(gè)形容詞+as
"not as + an adjective + as"
這個(gè)形式來(lái)比較事物
The house is not as tall as the tree
房子沒(méi)有樹(shù)那么高
That means less than…
而是“比……要矮”的意思
We're not saying that the house as the same high as the tree
我們不是在說(shuō)房子跟樹(shù)一樣高
We're saying the house is less hight than the tree
我們是在說(shuō)房子的高度比樹(shù)矮
It's smaller
房子更矮