9、单位词的使用
不可数名词表示多少,一般用much, 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 。
成双成对的名词一般用复数,如:a pair of trousers / scissors / glasses / pliers
a couple of表示一对,或2-3,如:a couple of days / people / things
记住以下量词表达方式:
a loaf of bread 面包)
a burst of laughter
a fit of anger / chill
a game of chess
a lump of sugar
10、其他应注意的数的表达形式
1)a three-year-old boy 比较The boy is three years old
2) five thousand people / several thousand people比较 thousands of people
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。
3) One-third of the students have passed College English Test Band IV.
Two-thirds of the students have passed College English Test Band IV.
One-third of the population in this area is living below the poverty line.
注意:几分之几的表达形式;动词的单复数由后面的名词数决定。
4) a looker-on 比较two lookers-on / a brother-in-law比较two brothers-in-law
5) my father, together with 结构中,主语作单数处理,即my father
11、不定代词的数
英语中要对 2 这个数特别敏感:
1) 两个中一个、另一个: one , the other; 三个或三个以上中另一个:another / any one
2) 两个都:both; 两个都不:neither; 两个中任一个:either
3) 三个或三个以上都:all; 都不:none
4) 不知总数:一些:some ;另一些:others
5) 知道总数:一些:some ; 另一些 :the others
注意以下表达方式:each other / one another / one after another / one by one / the other day / some day / every other day / on alternative days/ someone else / something else
实例:
Im sorry, Im a stranger, too. You may ask ______ across the street.
A. another one
B. others
C. the other one
D. someone else
解题思路:虽然A、B、C没有语法错误,但D是习惯表达方式。