Teacher: What are you doing, Molly?
Molly: I am watching a video. It’s about the adjective(形容词). I can use it now.
Teacher: Good. Let me give you a test. In the video, which words can be used to describe(描述) your mom?
Molly: Good, funny, sweet, and kind, they are adjectives(形容词).
Teacher: Great! An adjective is a word that describes (描述)a person or a thing.
Molly: I got it.
Teacher: Well done! You are a hard-working girl.
Molly: Thank you, Kathy. Hard-working looks different from the common(常见的) adjectives(形容词).
Teacher: Good! Molly. 它是我们今天要讲的一类特别的形容词结构—复合形容词。下面我们就一起来学习一下吧!今天我们将从概念、结构和位置三方面来学习。
(复合形容词的用法)
Firstly, definition: (Definition)
复合形容词是指由两个或两个以上的单词组成,用以修饰某个名词的词。
Secondly, structure :(Structure)
复合形容词是由不同词性的单词通过连字符相互连接而构成的,相当于普通形容词的用法,用来修饰名词。它的结构有很多种,今天先跟着老师来学习其中的三种构成方式吧~
第一种构成:数词+名词(单数)
For example:
two-month (两个月的)
The old man spent a two-month holiday with his family happily.
老人和他的家人愉快的度过了两个假期。
90-year (九十年的)
The Chinese Communist Party (中国共产党) has nearly 90-year history.
第二种构成:数词+名词(单数)+形容词
For example:
twenty-meter-tall (两米高的)
This is a twenty-meter-tall tree.
这棵树有二十米高。
three-year-old (三岁的)
A three-year-old girl looks after her disabled father.
一个三岁的小女孩照顾她残疾的父亲。
Teacher: How old are you, Molly?
Molly: I am twelve years old.
Teacher: Right! Any other expressions?
Molly: I am a twelve-years-old girl.
Teacher: Good! 不过有一个小小的错误哦,老师刚刚说的复合形容词中的名词只能用原形哦。
Molly: Oh~ I got it. 应该是I am a twelve-year-old girl.
最后一种构成:形容词(副词)+现在/过去分词
For example:
hard-working (勤奋的)
well-paid (待遇优厚的)
In order to get a well-paid job, he studies hard.
他努力学习为了找到一分报酬好的工作。
well-educated (受过良好教育的)
His father is a well-educated farmer.
他的父亲是一个受过良好教育的农民。
Teacher: 这种结构就类似于老师说的那句“You are a hard-working girl.”中的hard-working。还有一点要注意的就是,复合形容词中单词与单词之间要有连字符哦~
Finally, 复合形容词和形容词一样都是用来描写或修饰名词或代词,表示人或事物的性质,状态或特征等。
它不同于形容词的一点是在位置上(Position)复合形容词主要用来作定语,并且只作前置定语,即要放在被修饰词之前。
Molly:谢谢老师,我懂啦。
Teacher:Well done!复合形容词,同学们都学会了吗?As the saying goes, “Never too old to learn.” 活到老,学到老。
小小的复合形容词,也需要在生活中多多运用才能熟能生巧哦~
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