4. 市中心有多少大卖场？

　 _____　 _____ shopping malls are there in the center of the city?

3. 他们相互很亲近。

　 They are _____　 _____ each other.

2. 他朋友每天做作业直到十点。

　 His friend _____　 _____ homework until 10:00 every day.

1. 从我家到学校乘地铁要二十多分钟。

　 It _____ over twenty minutes _____　 _____ to the school from my home by underground.

6. less …than　 …比…更少

little 　　　　 less 　　　　　　　 least

There is less water in this bottle than in that bottle.

There is less rain this year than last year.

more…than　 …比…更多

many/much 　　　　　　 more 　　　　　　 most

There are more students in Class One than in Class Two.

There are more comics in my bag than in your bag.

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Exercises:

5. You can shop until ten o’clock at night in Star Shopping Mall.

　 你可以在明星购物商场购物到晚上十点钟。

until=till连词，基本用法相同。until通常用于句首；till多用于口语。“直到……时(为止)”。例如：

　 Wait until the rain stops.等到雨停了再说吧。

Don’t leave till I arrive.我不来你不要离开。(我来了你才能离开。)

He didn't come till(until)ten o’clock.他直到十点钟才来。

I won’t stop shouting until you let me go.你不放我走，我就一直喊叫。

until还可以作介词，“直到(某一时刻)；直到(发生某事)”。

例如： Nothing happened until 5 o’clock.五点钟以前没有出现任何迹象。(until=before)

　 　　　　The street is full of traffic from morning till night.这条街从早到晚行人车辆很多。

　 　　　　The secret was never told until after the old man’s death.

这个秘密在老人去世后才说出来。

　 　　　　Don’t open it till your birthday.等到你过生日那天再打开。

　 　　　　She was a bank clerk until the war, when she trained as a nurse.

　 　　　　她战前是个银行职员，战时受训当了护士。

4. We do not have to go far if we want help with our homework!

如果我们做家庭作业时需要帮助，我们就不必走远。

have to“只好，不得不”

You have to stay here.你得留在这儿。

We have to clean the desk before leaving.离开之前我们得把桌子弄干净。

She has to do a lot of work .她得做很多工作。

Do you have to look after your sister?你得照看妹妹吗？

3. Most of us live in tall buildings.我们大多数人住在高楼大厦里。

most of +复数名词/不可数名词，“大多数，大部分”。

例如：

　 As most of you know, I’ve decided to resign.

你们大多数人都已经知道，我决定辞职了。

She read most of the books.大多数书她都读过。

My cousin spent most of her money on clothes. 我表妹把大多数钱花在衣服上。

( most还可以作形容词，在句中作定语，修饰名词，“最大的；最多的；大多数的”。例如：

　 Who do you think will get (the)most votes?你认为谁会得票最多？

　 Peter made the most mistakes of all the class.彼得的错误是全班最多的。

　 Most students in our class do well in English.我们班大多数人英语学得好. )

2. You can go walking there.你可以去那儿散步。

　 =You can go there for a walk.

　 go walking是动词go+动名词。

类似这样的词组还有：

go(walking)shopping/swimming/fishing/skating 去(散步)购物/游泳/钓鱼/溜冰

= go for a walk/swim…

do(some/the walking/sewing/shopping/washing/reading/running

散步/做针线活/购物/洗衣/看书/跑步

1.　　　 It is only 40 minutes from the centre of Beijing by underground.

乘地铁从北京中心仅仅需要四十分钟。

by underground “乘地铁”，介词by+交通工具。

类似这样的固定词组还有：

by bus/car/bike/boat/ship(sea)/plane(air)/land/taxi

　 乘公交车/小汽车/骑自行车/船/飞机/陆地交通工具/出租车

by telephone/letter/e-mail/post

通过电话/信件/电子邮件/邮件