第十五节 不定冠词放在修饰名词复数的形容词前
下面这种用法容易让人困惑,与汉语思维模式差异较大,因此在这里讨论一下。
1. This month's China-focused issue, which showcases designer clothes from the
autumn-winter collections, is a whopping 700 pages.
本月这一期杂志主要面向中国读者,因刊登了秋冬系列时装图片,结果竟达到了惊人的
700 页之厚。
2. An estimated 2,000 locals work on the tuna boats and hundreds more in
processing plants.
估计有 2000 名当地人在金枪鱼捕捞船上工作,另有数百人在加工厂工作。
3. An estimated 114 million workers in China now are migrants, and roughly 15%
work on construction sites throughout the country, usually far from their home
villages.
据估计,中国现在有 1.14 亿流动人口,其中大约有 15%在全国各地的建筑工地上做工,
这些工地离他们的家乡通常都很遥远。
4. An estimated 20 billion hot dogs are eaten in the United States each year!
据估计在美国,每年有 200 亿只热狗被吃掉。
5. An estimated US$ 2 billion is harvested annually in the region.
该地区的金枪鱼年捕捞量估计价值有 20 亿美元。
词 汇 积 累
1. audit n 审计;查账
audit office. 审计署。
2. auspices pl
under (the) auspices of 由…主办或赞助。
3. author n 作者
a. the author of a well-known book on violin –playing.
这位作者写了一本著名的关于小提琴演奏的书。
b. If destruction is to be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and its finisher.
如果我们注定要毁灭的话,毁灭的过程必须由我们自己开始,自己终结。
4. authority n 权威;权利;当局;提供可靠资料或证据的书籍等
a. He must have some authority then about medical matters.
他在医学上一定有些权威。
b.The ultimate authority is Bible. 最后的依据是《圣经》。
c. safety authorities. 安全局。
d.You have authority to do that. 你有权那样做。
5. authorship n 写作生涯
He rests from the labours of authorship. 他停止著述,开始休息了。