“Grammar to Explain”

1. “Grammar to Explain” • A+비교급(∼er 또는 more ∼)+than+B의 비교급 구문 : A가 B보다 더 ∼하다 • Gold is more valuable than silver. (금은 은보다 더 귀중하다.) • She is taller than her father. (그녀는 그녀의 아버지보다 더 키가 크다.) • Mary likes me better than Jane. (제인보다 메어리가 나를 더 좋아한다.) • I am stronger than before. (나는 전보다 더 힘이 세다.) • The semifinals were more exciting than this final. • (준결승 경기가 이 결승전보다 더 흥미진진하다.) • She can speak French more fluently than her younger brother. • (그녀는 자기 남동생보다 더 유창하게 불어를 할 수 있다.) • 비교급 구문의 than 이하에서 앞부분과 중복이 되는 말은 생략함이 원칙이다. • Mary likes me better than she (likes me). • Mary likes me than (Mary likes) him. • I am stronger than (I was) before. • 비교의 대상이 되는 것은 문법적으로 동등한 것이어야 한다. [병렬구조] • The climate of Korea is colder than that of Singapore. • (한국의 기후는 싱가포르의 기후보다 온화하다.) • cf. The climate of Korea is colder than Singapore. (X)

2. Maxims Introduced by Teacher • Every cause produces more than one effect. • Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) British philosopher • Health is better than wealth. • The ballot is stronger than the bullet. • AbrahamLincoln • Man has not a greater enemy than himself. • Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it • can see. William Newton Clarke • Imagination is more importantthan knowledge. • A. Einstein, American physicist, born in Germany

3. Maxims Translated by Student • Fate is soliderthan granite,but man's conscience is • soliderthan the fate. Victor Hugo, French writer • It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one • innocent suffer. • from “Commentaries on the Laws of England” • by Sir William Blackstone • Truth is strangerthan fiction. • George Gordon Byron, British poet • Truth is strongerthan fiction. • Saul Bellow, American novelist • A loaf of bread is better than the song of many birds. • 금강산(金剛山)도 식후경(食後景)

4. “My Maxim” Activity • 다음의 명언들과 유사한 문장을 써보세요. • 1. It is better to give than to receive. • 2. It is better to wear out than to rust out. • 3. • <학생영작사례> • It is better to forgive than to blame. • It is better to be blamed than to blame.