(1)不可數(shù)名詞表示多少,一般用much,(a)little,a lot of,enough 等詞表達,要數(shù)1,2,3,4…時要用"量詞"表達,最常用的是a piece of(news,advice,furniture,information…)。
(2)成雙成對的名詞一般用復數(shù),如:a pair of trousers(褲子)/ scissors(剪刀)/ glasses(spectacles)(眼鏡)/ pliers(鉗子)
(3)a couple of表示一對,或2-3…,如:a couple of days / people / things
(4)記住以下量詞表達方式:
a loaf(two loafs)of bread(一個(兩個)面包)
a burst of laughter(一陣笑聲)
a fit of anger / chill(一陣發(fā)怒 / 發(fā)冷)
a game of chess(一盤棋)
a lump of sugar(一塊方糖)
10、其他應注意的數(shù)的表達形式
1)a three-year-old boy 比較The boy is three years old
2)five thousand people / several thousand people比較 thousands of people
表達具體數(shù)字時,thousand不加 "s",后面不加 "of "; ten,million,billion情況以此類推。
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.
(這個地區(qū)有1/3人口生活在貧困線以下。)
注意:幾分之幾的表達形式;動詞的單復數(shù)由后面的名詞數(shù)決定。
4)a looker-on 比較two lookers-on(旁觀者)/ a brother-in-law比較two brothers-in-law(姻親兄弟)
5)my father,together with(along with / with / as well as my mother and brothers)結構中,主語作單數(shù)處理,即my father.