如说他疯了。

no more ... than... 与......同样不......（表示前后比较对象程度相当）

the more ..., the more...越......就越......

more or less 或多或少

3．scenery, scene, view

Scenery-为自然风景的全称，常用来描述静态的乡村景色/

e.g. The scenery of the country is not beautiful.

scene-指某一特定环境呈现的景色，多半包含人的动作。

e.g. a happy scene of children playing in the garden.

View-属scenery的一部分，也就是从某处所见的情景。

e.g. There's no view from my bedroom window except for some factory chimneys.

4. After that,.....

that 常"承上"；this 常"启下的"

e.g. That's the end of the news.

The reason is this.理由如下。

5．be short for 为......的缩写; in short 简言之，总之

e.g. PRC is short for the People's Republic of China.

My name is Johnson, but my classmates always call me John in short.

phrases: be short of =lack 缺乏......；短少； to be short 简单地说，简言之 go short (of) 欠缺，缺少 cut... short 使......中断，打断，阻止 run short （物品）不足，短缺

6．not ... any more=no more ; not ... any longer=no longer

not ... any more=no more表动作不再重复出现或做某事的次数不再增加，多与瞬间动词连用。E.g. You will not see him any more.

not ... any longer=no longer表动作不再延续或时间上不再延长，多与延续性动词连用。

e.g. She doesn't live here any longer.

1. the 1920s 20世纪20年代

请注意时间表达法：

the 1830s 19世纪30年代 the 60s 60年代 in her 80s 在（她）八十多岁的时候

Other phrases:

come from on a train in the middle of great meals cooked by experts look like

Look out of at midnight try doing trained camels allow sb. to do sth.

Period 3: Grammar 1&2, Function, Culture Corner

1.The -ed form过去分词作定语

分词是动词的一种非限定形式，主要起构成形容词和副词的作用，共有两种形式，一种是现在分词（-ing）,一种是过去分词（-ed）.现在分词一般有主动的意思，过去分词一般有被动和完成的意思，以下主要是过去分词作定语的几点用法。

（1）及物动词的过去分词单独用作定语，表被动。

e.g. moved students drowned people used paper a broken cup developed countries