Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town.

乔 . 桑德斯拥有我们镇上最漂亮的花园。

beautiful adj. 漂亮的≠ ugly, beauty n. beautify v. ;

garden n. 花园 ; town n. 镇 ;

★ 形容词和副词的比较级 -er, more 和最高级 -est, themost : 单音节和少数双音节词 ( 如以 y 结尾的词 ) 在词尾加 er 或 est; 两个以上音节 , 其比较级和最高级是在形容词或副词前加 more 或 the most:more interesting, the most interesting ;

The most beautiful garden in our town belongs to Joe Sanders. The most beautiful garden in our is Joe Sanders'.

Nearly everybody enters for 'The Nicest Garden Competition' each year, but Joe wins every time.

几乎每个人都参加每年举办的“最佳花园竞赛”，而每次都是乔获胜。

nearly adv. 几乎 差不多 = almost ; enter v. 过入 走进 ;

enter for 报名参加各种比赛考试等 = take part in, participate;

competition n. 竞争 比赛 竞赛 ; compete v. 竞争 对抗 with/against/for;

competitive adj. 有竞争力的 ; competitor n. 竞争者 对手 ;

race 速度比赛 game 游戏比赛 ;

beauty contest 选美; match 球类比赛;暗地里的竞争用 competition;

every/each time 每次 ; win-won-won v. 赢 获得 winner n. 获胜者 ;

Nearly everybody competes against each other for 'The Nicest Garden Competition' each year, but Joe who has the most beautiful garden in our town is the winner 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.

比尔 . 弗里斯的花园比乔的花园大，他比乔也更为勤奋，种植的花卉和蔬菜也更多，但乔的花园更富有情趣。

larger 形容词的比较级 : large-larger-largest, large adj. 大的 = big ≠ small ;

名词所有格（'s) 后面的名词可以省略（比较的东西必须是同类事物）,

这里指的是 Bill Frith's garden;

Joe's garden is smaller than Bill Frith's.

Bill Frith's garden is the largest one in our town.

work v. 工作 ; hard-harder-hardest adv. 努力的 ;

Joe 后省略了 works, than 引导的比较状语从句常常是省略句 ;

grow-grew-grown v. 种植 = plant; flower n. 花 ( 读音 = flour n. 面粉 );

vegetable n. 蔬菜 ; more 是形容词 many 的比较级 ( 比较级的不规则形式之一 ):

more interesting是形容词 interesting 的比较级 ,

the most interesting 最高级 ; more adv. 更多 更大的 ≠ less adv. 少 较少 更少 ;

Joe works less harder than Bill and plants less flowers and vegetables, but still Bill's garden is less interesting than Joe's.

He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool.

他修筑了一条条整洁的小路，并在一个池塘上架了一座小木桥。

make-made-made v. 建造 制做 = build ; neat adj. 整齐的 整洁的 = tidy ≠ untidy;

path n. 小路 小径 = road; wooden adj. 木头的 木制的 ;

wood n. 木头 树林 ; bridge n. 桥 ; pool n. 水池 池塘 ( 人工 );

swimming pool 游泳池 ; pond 池塘 ( 自然形成的 );

over prep. 在 .. 上方 横跨 ;

over the pool 横跨池塘上方 ;

Neat paths have been made and a wooden bridge has been built over a pool by Joe whose garden is more interesting than Bill's.

I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work. 我也喜欢花园，但我却不愿意辛勤劳动。

like v. 喜欢≠ dislike v. 不喜欢 ; 喜欢 : be into sth, be fond of sth.;

hard work 是名词短语 , hard 是 adj.; work hard 动词短语 hard 是 adv.;

I like gardens too, but I dislike hard work. I am into gardens too, but I am not fond of 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!

每年的花园竞赛我也参加，但总因是镇上最劣的花园而获得一个小奖！

enter for 报名 , 只强调报名 enter for the exam; 参加

take part in, participate in, partake in ;

win-won-won v. 赢 获得 winner n. 获胜者 ;

prize n. 奖赏 奖金 奖品 ; 英语中有些形容词或副词的比较级和最高级并不规则 , 如课文中的 good /well-better-best, bad-worse-worst, many/much-more-the most, little-less-least ; 句末感叹号表示惊奇 出乎意料 ;

Every year the writer takes part in the garden competition too, and a little prize for the worst garden in the town is always given

to him! He is always the winner of the prize for the worst garden in our town's Nicest Garden Competition.