39.It is known to all that the earth is 49 times the size of the moon but the sun is 1.3 million times as big as the earth.众所周知,地球是月亮的49倍大,但是太阳是地球的 1,300,000倍大。
①It is known to all that ……“众所周知……”= It is well known that ...
例句 It’s well known that the Chinese people show great hospitality.
中国人以热情著称于世。
②earth[ə:θ] n.地球;陆地,地面;土,泥
搭配 on earth 究竟
拓展 earthy adj. 泥土的;朴实的 earthly adj.地球的;俗世的 earthquake n. 地震
③million[ˈmiljən] num.百万,百万个
搭配 millions of 数以百万计的 one in a million 百万分之一
拓展 millionaire 百万富翁 millionairess 女百万富翁
④ A + is/are(was/were) + 基数词 + times + the + 度量衡的名称 + of B
A在(尺寸、长度、高度、面积、体积、重量……)方面是B的……倍
注意:这个句型中表示度量衡的名词有 size(规模,尺寸) ,weight(重量), height(高度), width(宽度), depth(深度), length(长度)
例句 Changsha is five times the size of Chenzhou. 长沙是郴州的五倍
⑤A + is/are(was/were) + 基数词 + times + as 形容词原级 as + B
A在(尺寸、长度、高度、面积、体积、重量、快慢……)方面是B的……倍
例句 Changsha is five times as large as Chenzhou. 长沙是郴州的五倍
也可改成:Changsha is four times larger than Chenzhou.
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