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小编笔记：非常有意思，这篇短文里面居然有好几个非常地道、经典、语法现象丰富的句子和语料

• I have just moved into a new house and I have been working hard all morning,===现在完成时+完成进行时
• I have been trying to get my new room in order === 完成进行时，一直在努力，还没整完。get...in order， 使...整洁，梳理...,整理...
• To make matters worse, the room is rather small. 更糟糕的是，房间还相当小，有人问rather small究竟是多小呢？这里有段说法：

这里的 rather 是一个副词，用来修饰形容词 small。

核心意思：表示程度，意思是 “相当，颇，有点儿” (to a certain or significant extent or degree)。

语气：它比 a bit 或 a little 的程度要强，但比 very 或 extremely 的程度要弱。它常常带有一种委婉、低调的评价语气，有时甚至暗示“不如预期”或“不太理想”。

我们可以用以下词来感受它的程度：

not very small < a bit small < rather small < very small < extremely small

例句：

• The movie was rather long. （这部电影相当长。）-> 暗示“有点太长了，让人坐不住”。
• She seemed rather tired. （她看起来颇为疲倦。）
• It's rather cold today. （今天还挺冷的。）-> 暗示“比想象中冷，不太舒服”。

所以，在这个句子里，"rather" 修饰 "small"，表示房间“相当小”或“有点太小了”，从而加剧了前文提到的糟糕情况，为 "to make matters worse" 提供了具体的例子。

它就像是中文里的“颇为小巧”、“略显小了点”或“还算小”，是一种体现语言熟练度和语感的地道说法。当你想要礼貌地表达一点负面意见时，使用 rather 是一个绝佳的选择。

• This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen, 这是我见过的最漂亮的地毯

上面最后一句，是一个万能句型，可以用来盛赞任何事物。只需替换中心名词和形容词即可。句型结构：

This is the + (形容词最高级) + [名词] + I have ever + [过去分词].例句：

• This is the most delicious food I have ever eaten.这是我吃过的最美味的食物。）
• He is the kindest person I have ever met.他是我遇到过的最善良的人。
• That was the most exciting game I have ever watched.（那是我看过的最精彩的比赛。
• This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen, 这是我见过的最漂亮的地毯

新概念英语－课文

We have just moved into a new house and I have been working hard all morning. I have been trying to get my new room in order. This has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To make matters worse, the room is rather small, so I have temporarily put my books on the floor. At the moment, they cover every inch of floor space and I actually have to walk on them to get in or out of the room.

A short while ago, my sister helped me to carry one of my old bookcases up the stairs. She went into my room and got a big surprise when she saw all those books on the floor. 'This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen,' she said. She gazed at it for some time then added, 'You don't need bookcases at all. You can sit here in your spare time and read the carpet!'

新概念英语－单词和短语

temporarily adv. 暂时地
inch n. 英寸（度量单位）
space n. 空间
actually adv. 实际上

新概念英语－翻译

我们刚刚搬进一所新房子，我辛辛苦苦地干了整整一个上午。我试图把我的新房间收拾整齐，但这并不容易，因为我有1,000多本书。更糟糕的是房间还非常小，所以我暂时把书放在了地板上。这会儿，书把地板的每一点空隙都占据了， 我实际上是踩着这些书进出房间的。

几分钟前，我妹妹帮我把一个旧书橱抬上了楼。她走进我的房间 ，当她看到地板上的那些书时，大吃一惊。“这是我见过的最漂亮的地毯，”她说。她盯着“地毯”看了一会儿 ，又说：“你根本用不着书橱，空闲时你可以坐在这儿读地毯！”