A number of 表示"一些","不少",认真对比一下,看出问题来了吗?
! g4 z$ q/ k5 w4 m2 Y 问多少钱、多少重量时用:How much…?问距离时用:How far is it from…to…?
; j* D3 F1 |8 i" P6 Q 9、单位词的使用# u: \8 L7 }* o! p) V0 p
(1) 不可数名词表示多少,一般用much, (a) little, a lot of, enough 等词表达,要数1,2,3,4…时要用"量词"表达,最常用的是a piece of (news, advice, furniture, information…)。
C; |4 d! ]1 v5 @/ L$ ~8 K (2) 成双成对的名词一般用复数,如:a pair of trousers (裤子) / scissors(剪刀) / glasses (spectacles)(眼镜) / pliers(钳子)
7 l S& v( A& m% ~0 E (3) a couple of表示一对,或2-3…,如:a couple of days / people / things
: q8 {1 [8 k1 |3 @ (4) 记住以下量词表达方式:
# J0 r# {, e) _0 g. r/ | a loaf (two loafs) of bread (一个(两个)面包)8 a* ^+ _1 v5 v* Z( r, r
a burst of laughter(一阵笑声)
9 ~4 {. b5 u# M: m$ B* w a fit of anger / chill(一阵发怒 / 发冷)- c' M _0 | [; C0 ^! t1 x
a game of chess (一盘棋)
2 @7 @& j2 z2 T( w9 n- d; T a lump of sugar (一块方糖)% p+ Y# z" h0 t
10、其他应注意的数的表达形式
+ J$ R; y% H( f9 U7 Q% K 1)a three-year-old boy 比较The boy is three years old$ ^1 i' m" F8 S/ q
2) five thousand people / several thousand people比较 thousands of people6 C+ L3 R1 s' U* h# K2 ^. D0 l
表达具体数字时,thousand不加 "s",后面不加 "of "; ten, million, billion情况以此类推。
' s/ h" f6 V" m, n X; C# o 3) One-third of the students have passed College English Test Band IV.
7 n, |* t @% e" e5 H* } Two-thirds of the students have passed College English Test Band IV.( I9 z d4 f2 w6 d7 c8 ^# f
One-third of the population in this area is living below the poverty line.
4 ^' Y6 Q% i6 ]* i; o% ?7 _ (这个地区有1/3人口生活在贫困线以下。) |