其他经典句型(4)
第一步：经典句型展示
1. He is the wisest infant that ever lived. 他是个前所未见的聪明的小婴孩。
【分析】“the wisest man that ever live”是从最高级 that ever的结果强化出来的，表示“之前所活的最聪明的人”，即“前所未见的聪明人”的意思。
2. There were two persons coming toward me: the former was my uncle, the latter was my father. 有两个人朝我走过来，前面的是我叔叔，后面的是我父亲。
【分析】①“the former…the latter …”是表示“前者…后者…”的意思。②“the one…the other…”可以表示“相近”的意思。③“this…that…”同样表示“相近”的意思，即“前者…后者…”，但这时候this…that…的顺序是相反，请特别留意。
3. She is the last person to leave her parents. 她是个绝不离开她父母的人。
【分析】“the last man 动词不定式”，表示“绝不…的人”的意思。动词不定式有时可以用that引导的从句来代替。
4. The moment you understand this, you will only have further difficulties. 只要你一了解这规则，就不会有困难。
【分析】① the moment=as soon as，表示“一…就…”的意思，它起到一个连接词的作用，引导条件状语从句。the instant也具有相同的用法。② immediately、directly等副词，也同样是一个用来表示“…就…”的连接词。
5. The nearer the dawn, the darker the night. 越接近黎明，夜就越黑。
【分析】the more…the more…，是一个“the 比较级…the 比较级…”的句型，表示“愈…就愈…”的意思，注意：这时的the不是定冠词，而是一种副词。
第二步：练习与进步
A. 翻译
1. 他是个我所见过的最固执己见的人。
2. 乘火车旅行比乘飞机旅行更便宜且更有趣，因此大多数人喜欢选择前者更胜于后者。
3. 娱乐与工作对我们的健康都很必要，前者让我们得以放松，后者则给我们的活力。
4. 对于这件事，我的父亲是绝对不会考虑的。
5. 只要你一踏进“事实”的世界，你就踏进了“限度”的世界。
6. 知道并不表示智慧，许多人知道不少事情，结果却反而更笨。
7. 一个人如果没有足够的见识，知道得越多，对他反而越坏。
8. 新闻记者是个绝对不会说广告无效的人。
9. 人们对自己的世界所知愈少，就对自己周围的事愈无法控制与了解。
【参考答案】
1. He is the most persistent man I have ever seen.
2. Traveling by train is cheaper and more interesting than traveling by air, therefore most people prefer the former over the latter.
3. Amusement and work are both necessary to our health; the former can give us relaxation and the latter can give us energy.
4. My father was the last man to take into consideration issues concerning this matter.
5. The moment you step into the world of facts, you step into the world of limits.
6. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it.
7. If one hasn’t got plenty of common sense, the more science he has, the worse for him.
8. A journalist would be the last person to say that there is not any virtue in advertisement.
9. The less man knew about his world, the less subject to his control or understanding were the events which surrounded him.
