First listen and then answer the question.

听录音，然后回答以下问题。

Why is Joe's garden the most beautiful one in the town?

Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for‘The Nicest Garden Competition’each year, but Joe wins 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. He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool. I like gardens too, but I do not like 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!

New words and expressions 生词和短语

competition (1. 2) /?komp+'tiM+n/ n. 比赛，竞赛

neat (1. 5) /ni:t/ adj. 整齐的，整洁的

wooden (1. 6) /'wudn/ adj. 木头的

path (1. 5) /pa:I/ n. 小路，小径

pool (1. 6) /pu:l/ n. 水池

Notes on the text 课文注释

1  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。在第1册的第107-112课中，我们讲到了英文中形容词和副词的比较级和最高级。本课的主要句型仍是形容词和副词的比较级和最高级。如果形容词或副词有两个以上音节，其比较级和最高级是在形容词或副词前加上more或most，如more interesting, the most beautiful。

2  enter for, 报名参加(各种竞赛，考试等活动)

3  more flowers and vegetables, 更多的花卉和蔬菜。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----better----best, bad----worse----worst, many----more----most。

4  for the worst garden in the town 是介词短语作定语，修饰prize。

参考译文

乔·桑德斯拥有我们镇上最漂亮的花园。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。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。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。我也喜欢花园，但我却不愿意辛勤劳动。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！

Summary writing 摘要写作

Answer these questions in not more than 45  words.

回答下列问题，将答案组成一个段落，不要超过45个单词。

1  Who has the best garden in town?

2  What does he win each year?

3  Who else has a fine garden?

4  Is Joe's better or not?

5  Is the writer's garden beautiful, or is it terrible?

6  What does he always win a prize for?

Key structures 关键句型

The best and the worst 比较

Read these sentences carefully:

仔细阅读这些句子：

Mary is tall, but Jane is taller. Jane is taller than Mary. Caroline is very tall. She is the tallest girl in the class. 玛丽很高，但是简更高。简比玛丽高。卡罗琳非常高，她是班上最高的女孩子。

Jane's handwriting is bad, but Mary's is worse. Caroline's handwriting is very bad. It is the worst handwriting I have ever seen. 简的书写很差，但是玛丽的更差。卡罗琳的书写非常糟糕，这是我见过的最差的书写。