大学英语四级口语改错（10）

“many”and “much”(多少)
学生经常混有混淆“many” and “much” 这两个词。
“many” 用来修饰可数名词,如 “pieces of chalk, erasers, desks, bowls of salad, dollars, books, people, apples”等等。而 “much” 是用来修饰不可数名词的,如“chalk, mud, salad, money, knowledge, time, food”等等。请看下面的例子：
Students often confuse the words “many” and “much”. “Many” is used to talk about things that can be counted, such as pieces of chalk, erasers, desks, bowls of salad, dollars, books, people, apples, and things. “Much”, on the other hand, is used to describe things that cannot be counted, such as Chalk, mud, salad, money, knowledge, time, and food. Let` s look at some examples:
“There are many people is the gymnasium.”
“There is much space in the gymnasium.”
“The campus has much buildings.”
“The campus has much plant life.”
有时, 我们也常用更口语化的短语来表达 “many” and “much”,
比如 “a lot of”, 或 “lots of”.例:
Often, however, we change both “many” and “much” to a more colloquial phrase, such as“a lot of”, or “lots of”. For example:
“I can learn a lot of knowledge from my teachers.”
(“A lot of” here replaces “much”. “A lot of” 在句子里相当于 “much”.)
“I saw lots of horses in Inner Mongolia.”
(“Lots of” here replaces “many”. “Lots of”在这里相当于many.)
然而, 在固定词组“how much”和“how many” 中, 我们不能用其他任何词来带替“many” 和“much”。例：
However, in the set phrases “how much” and “how many” we cannot replace “many” and “much” with other words.
For example:
“How much does this stuffed animal cost?”
“It costs a lot of money.”
“How much food did you make for dinner?”
“I made lots of food. I made pizza, baked chicken, and some banana bread.”
“How many desks are there in the classroom?”
There are lots. I can count forty-eight.”
“How many people are there in the country of Indonesia?”
“I` m not sure, but I know there are lots.”
- or- “I` m not sure, but I know there are many.”