【正文】 原因嗎？ Is this the house where you were born? 你是在這個房子里出生的嗎？ 9)修飾整個句子的副詞：這些副詞不是修飾句子的某個成分，而是表示說話人對自己所說的話的態(tài)度， 具體有以下三類： a. 表示說話人在說 話時的態(tài)度，如： honestly, personally, seriously, incidentally b. 表示說 話人對某 一動作或情況可能性的評論，如： actually, certainly, clearly, indeed, maybe, perhaps, possibly, probably, really c. 表示說話人對某一動作或情況的反應，如： hopefully, luckily, naturally, surprisingly。 Personally, I don’ t like him at all. 就我而言，我一點兒都不喜歡他。 I must go now. Incidentally, if you want that book I’ ll bring it next time. 我 現(xiàn)在必須走了。 Seriously, I wish to work here. 說實在的，我希望在這兒工作。 Have you finished lunch already? It’s only 12 o’clock! 你已經(jīng)吃過飯了？現(xiàn)在才 12 點鐘 啊！ 9 The governor has not decided how to deal with the problems yet. 州長尚未決定如何處理這些問題。 (2) much 作為強調(diào)副詞除了用于修飾形容詞和副詞的比較級之外，還可修飾 admire, appreciate, regret 等動詞。 They don’t much care about it. 他們對此不太在乎。 3) well 與 good 的區(qū)別 good 只能作形容詞； well 除了作副詞以外，還可作表語形容詞，有 “健康 ”和 “令人滿意 ”之意。 It seems that all is not well at home. 看起來家中并非事事如意。 None 作為副詞時有兩個主要用法： a. 以 none the （毫不） 的形式位 于 better, worse, wiser 等形容詞比較級之前。 none too / so（毫不） 的形式位于形容詞或副詞之前。 She is none（比 not 語意強） so fond of her son. 她毫不喜歡兒子。 Gypsum is so soft that it is easy to scratch it with a fingernail. 石膏非常軟，很容易用指甲把它劃出印痕。 My coffee is too hot to drink.（相當于 My coffee is so hot that I can’t drink it.） 我的咖啡太熱了，沒法喝。 You cannot praise the film too highly. 這部電影你怎么稱贊都不過分。 (3) 副詞的原級、比較級與最高級 1) 副詞的原級 She writes as clearly as her sister. 她寫得與她妹妹一樣清楚。 2) 副詞的比較級 Watercolors dry faster than other paints. 水彩顏料比其他顏料干得快些。 3) 副詞的最高級 10 No other beverage es close to rivaling coffee as the most widely drunk refreshment in the world. 其他任何飲料都比不上在全世界飲用最廣泛的咖啡。 (4) 修飾形容詞或副詞比較程度的詞語 1) 用于形容詞或副詞原級前的詞語有： exactly, just, nearly, almost, hardly, twice, three times 等，如： exactly as big as, twice as many as。 表示 “更 ……” 的 有 even 和 still, 如： a little longer than。 far better than。 表示確定程度的 two years, a head, ten times等，如： two year older than。 ten times more than. 3) 修飾形容詞或副詞最高 級的表達有： by far, the second, the third 等， 如： by far the finest weather； the third largest pany。 He is no cleverer than his brother. 他和他兄弟同樣不怎么聰明。 2) not … any more than 該結(jié)構(gòu)意為 “并不比 …… 更 ”； “與 …… 同樣的不 ”,其另一種說法是 no more…than A monkey is not a human being any more than a dog is.（相當于 A whale is no more a fish than a horse is.） 猴子不是人類，正如狗不是人類一樣。 4) not so much … as “與其說 … 不如說 …” 。 相當于 less…than （不 …… 那么多）。 5) more … tha n 該結(jié)構(gòu)有時可表示同一人或物在不同性質(zhì)上的描繪性對比，意為 “與其說 … 不如說 ”。 6) still less (much less) still less(=much less)用于否定句之后，意為 “更不用說；更何況 ”。 At the age of fourteen I had never even been on a train, still less an aircraft. 14歲時我連火車都沒坐過，更不用說飛機了。 As many as three hundred people were present at the meeting. 多達 300 人出席了會議。 11 It’s no more than a mile to the museum. 到博物館只有 1 英里。 (6) 短語中的副詞 1) 動詞短語中的副詞 a. 不帶賓語的動詞短語中的副詞 They carried on in spite of the difficult conditions. 他們不顧困難的條件，繼續(xù)進行下去。 The store had to lay off a number of clerks because sales were down. 由于銷售額下降，這家商店不得不解雇幾名售貨員。 Mary found it difficult to stand up to Jim’s father when he disapproved of their marriage. 當吉姆的父親不贊成他們的婚姻時，瑪麗發(fā)現(xiàn)難以抗拒。 Exercise: 1. The question is ____ easy to deal with. A. pletely B. fairly C. mostly D. totally 2. They were digging ____ for the hidden treasure. A. deep B. deeply C. thoroughly D. fully 3. It is silly of her to have bought the skirt ____. A. so expensive B. so expensively expensive D. such expensively 4. The plastic of some bottles is ____. A. so hard as some other bottles B. as hard as some other bottles C. harder than some other bottles D. harder than that of some other bottles 5. There is no ____ who is willing to sacrifice her life for her children. A. great love as a mother B. as great love as a mother C. greater love than a mother’s D. greater love than that of a mother 6. The old man is three times____. A. as old as my age B. the same age as I C. my age D. the age of mine 7. I had intended to go to visit the Art Museum, but I was ___ busy to go there. A. too much B. much too C. so much D. so 8. All too____ it was time for me to finish my vacation and return to work. A. soon B. fast C. rapidly 12 9. The houses in which the migrant workers are living are___ furnished, ____ than a shed. A. poorly… no better B. poorly… no much better C. poor… no better … not much better 10. To my surprise, the ____ I tried to help her, the ___ she seemed to appreciate my help. A. more hard… more B. harder… less B. more hard… less C. harder… more 11. She was so ____ that she cried for days when she felt insulted by her husband’s rude wirds. A. sensitive B. sensible C. senseless D. insensible 12. He is in ___ danger of being accused of a crime that he has never mitted. A. imminent B. eminent 13. We can hardly believe that the seemingly ___ politician is really a criminal. A. respective B. respectful D. respectable 14. In modern ____ areas, great sociocultural changes are occurring at an accelerating speed. A. industry B. industrial C. industrious D. industrializationed 15. We believe that the younger generation will certainly be ___ of our trust. A. worth B. worthy C. worthwile D. worthless 16. Mary gets no money from the association because she is the ___ secretary of the anization. A. humble B. honorary C. honoured D. honourable 17. It was ___ of you not to play the gitar when I was reviewing my lessons. A. convinced B. conse