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 FOREWORD:
Since January 15, I have had 6 travels by air at home and abroad. Except I chose the flights of Cathay Pacific Airlines to have my travel between Sydney and Hong Kong, I had all of my domestic travels by Shenzhen Airlines (ZH). I like Shenzhen Airlines, for the wonderful and considerate services of it. For example, on February 2 - the Eve of Chinese New Year we were offered the traditional Chinese food ? Jiaozi and usually, we are offered something very Chinese as our breakfast, such as a Tea egg, porridge and fruit; before the airplane is near the destination, we are reminded to do some excersices by the direction of a stewardess via broadcast;and when the airplane is preparing the landing, we are offered some candy, to help us to reduce the uncomfortable of our ears via the chewing
So, today, I would like to show you how to say something about which airline is your favourite and some grammar relates to express something to the highest degree. And I do hope that my effort will be some help with you to lean Chinese language and culture.
THE NEW SENTENCES:
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No. 0207: -- 我最喜欢深圳航空公司(深航是我最喜爱的航空公司)。 -- I most like Shenzhen Airlines( It is my favourate airlines).
No. 0208: 我喜欢深航,因为它提供了最好的服务。
-- I like Shenzhen Airlines, because it offers the best services.
No. 0209: 深圳航空公司是深圳2011世界大学生运动会全球合作伙伴。
-- Shenzhen Airlines is the global partner of the Universiade Shenzhen 2011.
Chinese Grammar
Maybe you have found, the character 最(zuì)- has been used three times in the first two sentences, to mortify the characters after it, to help to express the meaning of the Most, the Favourite and the Best.
In Chinese, a verb and an adjective usually is modified by an adverb, to express the degree, time, place or style.
最(zuì) is an adverb of degree to help a verb or an adjective to express something most, best, longest, shortest, lowest, tallest and so on.
In the two sentences, it helps the verb and adjective after it to express the meaning of "most like", "favourite" and " the best".
For example:
In No. 0207: 我最喜欢深圳航空公司(深航是我最喜爱的航空公司)。 -- I most like Shenzhen Airlines ( It is my favourate airline).
最 喜欢
adverb verb
most like
the adverb of degree 最（zuì）"most” to modify the verb 喜欢(xǐhun), both of them together to express the meaning "most like".
最 喜爱的
adverb adjective
most like
the adverb of degree 最（zuì）"most” to modify the adjective 喜爱的(xǐàide)fond, both of them together to express the meaning "most favourite" or "favourite".
In No. 0208: 深圳航空公司提供了<最好的服务。
-- I like Shenzhen Airlines, because it offers the best service.
最 好的
adverb adjective
most good
最好的 -- the best
the adverb of degree 最（zuì）"most” to modify the adjective 好的(hǎode)--good, both of them together to express the meaning "most good" -- the best.
So, in Chinese, when we want to express the highest degree of something, we usually use the character "最", via modifying a verb or an adjective to express something best, worst, longest, shortest, biggest or smallest and so on. About this, I will show you more along with the time.
 If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn . You are also welcome to publish your opinions in Message Board. :-)
--Shirley Zhang
Written and Recorded On March 6, 2011
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