Lesson 8 The best and the worst

★New words and expressions

☆competition n.比賽，競賽
所有的比賽都可以通稱為competition
速度比賽：race eg.car race
球賽：match eg.football match
contest用的更多，除了以上的比賽，都可以說contest
選美比賽就是beauty contest
還有game，如果把上面的都忘了，就用這個

☆neat adj.整齊的，整潔的
不等于clean，等于tidy

☆pool n.水池
pool是人工的，游泳池：swimming pool
天然的叫池塘：pond

★本課重點是比較級和最高級
※三個或者三個音節（元音音標）以上的詞：多音節詞：
比較級的構成：more+原級，最高級的構成：the most+原級
※單音節的詞用er，est
※雙音節：不一定
一般情況，同單音節
以y結尾的+er，例外：slowly-more slowly-the most slowly
often-more often-the most often
clever-cleverer-cleverest和clever-more clever-the most clever都對
技巧：長的當多音節，短的當單音節，但僅僅是技巧哦

fun按照語法應該是funner,funnest,可老美偏偏說more fun,the most fun。
如果考語法，中國人全對，美國人錯的一塌糊涂，英國人對一半。所以老美是不會拿自己的弱點來考我們的。

無規律：
good-better-best;bad-worse-worst;many/much-more-most;little-less-least
far-farther-farthest;far-further-furthest
farther：距離上的更遠；further：程度上的
old-older-oldest;old-elder-eldest
older是比……大；elder做定語修飾其它名詞：elder sister

★Text
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!

☆enter for:報名參加，只強調報名
eg.enter for the exam
參加：take part in

☆win-won-won
vi.I win.我贏了。 I lose.我輸了。
vt. 1.win sth win后面往往是獎品
eg.I win the book.
2.win a prize:贏了一個獎
win a prize for:因為……而獲獎

[注]win后面不能接對手，不能說I win you.
要用defeat或beat，但defeat用得多，因為beat還有打的意思。
I defeat you.