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The question form "did you use to" stared their dialog
从疑问形式did you use to开始了他们的对话
And the negative was there too
否定形式也包含在里面
Did you also notice the use of "not any longer"?
你还有没有注意到not any longer的用法？
Listen for this once more as the dialog plays without subtitles
去掉字幕，再听一遍情景对话
Short questions are a way of showing interest
使用短问句是个展现兴趣
in what is been seen
和所见的事物的方法
Short questions are formed using just the auxiliary or helping verb
当你想要表达自己对别人所见事物的兴趣时
When you want to show interest in
你可以通过使用助动词
what someone has seen
做成短问句来表达
I like playing rugby. Do you?
我喜欢玩英式橄榄球，你呢 ？
Anna doesn't like spaghetti. Doesn't she?
安娜不喜欢意面，不是吗？
Jim didn't set his exam. Didn't he?
吉姆没有为考试做好准备，不是吗？
Note that the auxiliary verb matches
要注意与助动词相匹配的第一个句子
the first sentence and tense, person and negative form
时态，人称 和否定形式
Read the subtitles of our next dialog
阅读下一个情景对话中的字幕
and look for some short questions
并寻找短问句
Help, sir! I've been robbed!
救命，先生！我被人抢劫了！
Do you really need my help?
你真的需要我帮忙吗？
Someone stole my bag. I want justice!
有人偷了我的包，我要正义！
Do you? I want the day off
是吗？我要休假
but we don't always get what we want, do we?
可咱们并不能总是得到自己想要的，不对吗？
The man didn't have a car. You can still chase him
那个男的没开车，你还有机会抓住他
Didn't he? Perhaps he can use your money to buy one
是吗？也许他可以用你的钱去买辆车
My mother's a mayor of this town
我妈妈是这个镇的镇长
She doesn't like people treating me this way
她不会高兴别人像你这样对我的
Oh, doesn't she? Perhaps she can buy you a new handbag
哦，是吗 ？也许她可以给你买个新的手提包
Short question is nice and easy to identify, aren't they?
短问句是个方便沟通的好方法，不是吗？
Here is another chance to make yourself feel good
有个让你感觉良好的机会
By saying the short questions out loud at the right time
那就是跟着对话中的短问句一起大声朗读出来
And now it's time for a complete change
现在是时候学点新东西了
It's time to learn about phrases for comparing
我们来学习用于比较的短语
We can compare things by using the form
我们可以用not as+一个形容词+as
"not as + an adjective + as"
这个形式来比较事物
The house is not as tall as the tree
房子没有树那么高
That means less than…
而是“比……要矮”的意思
We're not saying that the house as the same high as the tree
我们不是在说房子跟树一样高
We're saying the house is less hight than the tree
我们是在说房子的高度比树矮
It's smaller
房子更矮
