Как перевести предложение на используя превосходную степень " чем скорее, тем лучше"

The sooner the betterи "the" как раз-таки надо

Sooner the better (от сл. good)

James cook was american sailor. james cook was born on 27 october 1728 in a small village of yorkshire. in 1755, cook enlisted in the royal navy, serving in north america. in 1769 the british government sent an expedition to observe the  planet venus passing in front of the sun. another motive was to search for the  southern continent. cook was chosen as commander of the ship endeavour. endeavour arrived in tahiti and observed the transit of venus. then endeavour went on to new zealand, and saw australia's eastern coast. in 1772 cook set out on a 2nd voyage to look for the southern continent. his two ships sailed close to the antarctic coast but were forced to turn back by the cold. during cook's 3rd voyage he explored the island of hawaii. relations with the islanders went bad after the theft of a ship's boat. on 14 february cook tried to take the local leader hostage. cook was stabbed and killed.

1they are playing now. 2 he is washing the car. 3 tom is doing his homework. 4 mother is cooking dinner. 5 the birds are singing. they played in the garden yesterday. 2. he worked till late yesterday. 3. they moved to london two years ago.  4. we saw him yesterday. 5 she helped about the house.  1 he has already done his homework. 2they have already moved to london. 3 i have never been to china.  4 he has just come home.  5 i have already  read this book twice.