Unit 1 Will people have robots?
課桌上有一本書。
how many people are there in the city?
這個城市里有多少人口。
there is a pen and two books on the desk.
課桌上有一個鋼筆和兩本書。
there are two books and a pen on the desk.
課桌上有兩本書和一個鋼筆。
there are some students and a teacher in the classroom.
在教室里有一些學生和一位老師。
there is a teacher and some students in the classroom.
在教室里有一位老師和一些學生。
3. 在there be引起的句子結構中,用來修飾主語的不定式主動形式和被動形式均可。
there is no time to lose (= to be lost).
時間緊迫。
there is nothing to see (=to be seen).
看不見有什么。
there is nothing to do.(=to be done)
無事可做。
4、there is no doing.
(口語)不可能…….
there is no telling when he will be back.
無法知道他什么時候回來。
there is no knowing what he is doing.
無法知道他在做什么。
三、few, a few, little, a little, much, many
few和a few修飾或代替復數可數名詞,few表示否定意義,a few表示肯定意義;little和a little修飾或代替不可數名詞,little表示否定意義,a little表示肯定意義。
可數名詞和不可數名詞前都可用some, any, a lot of, lots of 等修飾。可數名詞表示不確定數量時,用a few, few,many修飾。詢問數量時用how many;不可數名詞表示不確定數量時,用a little, little,much 修飾。詢問數量時,用how much。
四、練習 exercise:
i. multiple choice
1. are you _________ your winter holiday next week?
a. going to have
b. will have
c. had
d. have
2. do you often ______ from your parents?
a. heard
b. hears
c. to hear
d. hear
3. _____ lucy _________ her homework in her room now?
a. is, doing
b. does, do
c. do, do
d. did, do
4. she dances better than mary _______.
a. is
b. has
c. does
d. dance
5. mary usually _______ up at five o’clock.
a. will get
b. got
c. get
d. gets
6. they ______ four english classes a week last term.
a. has
b. have
c. had
d. are having
7. a bird can ______ but i can’t.
a. flies
b. flying
c. flew
d. fly
8. they _______ to see me yesterday evening.
a. will come
b. comes
c. are coming
d. came
9. we’re moving to a different town ___________.
a. the day before yesterday
b. last sunday