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朋友们，你们知道吗？比较等级用于否定含义的句子中可以表达最高级的意义。请你欣赏下列句子：

1.--- You couldn’t have chosen any gift better for me.

--- I’m glad you like it so much.

译文：---“你给我选择的礼物是最好的。”

---“我非常高兴你如此喜欢它。”

2.--- Yao Ming has begun his new season in NBA.

--- Yes, he couldn’t have wished for a better start to the new NBA year. He scored 19 points in 20 minutes in the opening game.

译文：---“姚明已经开始了他NBA的新赛季。”

---“是的，新的NBA之年，他已经有了最好的开端。开局20分钟就进了19个球。”

3.--- Do you think our basketball players  played very well yesterday?

--- They couldn’t have done better.

译文：---“你认为我们的篮球队员昨天打得好吗？”

       ---“他们打得棒极了。”

4.--- How beautiful she sings!

--- I have never heard a better voice.

译文：---“她的歌唱的多么动听呀！”

     ---“我从来都没听过这么好的歌。”

5.We have never had a better day.(=This is the best day that we’ve had.)

译文：“这是我们最好的日子。”

请练习翻译下列句子：

1.--- How do you find the soup in my restaurant?

--- I have never had such delicious soup before.

2.--- Bob, you can’t smoke any more. It will damage your health.

--- I know, I will stop smoking. Believe me.

3.--- Susan has a very low opinion of Tom.

--- It can’t be any worse than his of her.

4.Look,how depressed he is! He’s never got a worse result in his life.

5.--- If our captain would listen more, he would understand us better.

--- I cannot agree more. He just expects us to listen.

6.--- The weather isn’t good enough for an outing, is it?

--- No, not in the least. We could not have a worse day at this time of year.

7. There is no experience you can have that is more exciting than skating on real ice.

参考答案：

1.---“你觉得我们餐馆的这道汤怎么样？”

---“这是我喝过的最美味的汤。”

2.---“鲍勃，你抽烟太多了。它对你身体有害。”

---“我知道，请相信我。我会忌的。”

3.---“苏萨对汤姆的评价不高。”

---“汤姆对苏萨的评价也极差。”

4.        瞧，他是多么的沮丧呀！这是他有生以来最倒霉的事。

5.--- 希望我们的船长能多听听我们的想法，那么他就会更了解我们。

--- 我完全不同意你的看法，他只是要我们听他的。

6.--- 今天外出天气不够好，是吗？

--- 是的，一点也不好。每年的这个时候天气最糟糕。

7.可能没有比你在真正的冰上滑冰更能令你兴奋的了。（在真正的冰上滑冰最令人感到兴奋。