it serves to emphasize the negative meaning of the phrase.

> 她是在地震发生不久后的戛纳电影节上说这番话的。

She expressed all this not long after the earthquake.

When it is used in can't ... too or can't ... enough, the meaning of the sentence becomes positive.

> 认为地震是报应，再愚蠢不过了。

One can't be too silly to believe that the earthquake is karma.

3. other negative expressions

> 莎朗太冷漠，不配做亲善大使。

Sharon is too cold-blooded to be a Goodwill Ambassador.

> 对死难者如此不敬，Sharon Stone又该最终得到什么样的报应呢？

Without being respectful to the dead, what kind of "karma" should Sharon Stone get eventually?

　　No doubt a lot of Chinese will never/no longer see her films or buy products represented by her.

> 在很多人看来莎朗斯通是个十足的傻瓜。

　　Sharon Stone is nothing but/no more than an idiot to many people.

4. partial negation

When used with all, both, many, always, each, everyone ..., it forms partial negation.

> 并非所有西方人都同意她的观点。

Not all westerners agree with her.

(Very few westerners agree with her.)

> 这一事件显示并非所有的外国人对中国都是友好的。

This event shows all the foreigners are not friendly to China.

Step 3

Make a list of the most commonly used negative words and expressions:

no, not, never, neither, hardly, seldom, few, little, barely ...

on no account, in no circumstances, never before, nowhere, at no time, by no means ...

Step 4

Group work: Ask the students to work in small groups to comment on this event, making as many negative statements as possible.

中华资源库(Possible ones:

　It's unbearable if Sharon would address no apology to Chinese people.

Even Dalai Lama wouldn't agree with you, Sharon, would he?

No one can deny the fact that the earthquake is a natural disaster.

　By making such irresponsible comments Sharon Stone only has herself to blame and it is going to cost her dearly.

　As a Chinese saying goes, a stone in the toilet is not only hard but also foul！Obviously, Sharon stone is that stone!)