Fit for Life

the (sheer) quantity (= large amount) of equipment needed for the trip is staggering.
表示“許多”的詞或短語(yǔ)如下：
(1) 修飾可數(shù)名詞的：many, a great/good many, quite a few,
 a large/great number of/numbers of, many a
(2) 修飾不可數(shù)名詞的：much, a great deal of, a large amount of/large amounts of
(3) 既可以修飾可數(shù)又可以修飾不可數(shù)名詞的：a lot of/lots of, plenty of, a large quantity of/large quantities of, a mass of, masses of
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we always keep _______ spare paper, in case we ran out. (浙江)
a. too much   b. a number   c. plenty of   d. a good many
12. if penicillin had not been available, many people would have died from bacterial illnesses or even minor wounds. (p19) 如果沒有青霉素，很多人會(huì)死于由細(xì)菌引起的疾病。
available  adj.   is this dress available in a larger size?
there's no money available for an office party this year.
[+ to infinitive] i'm afraid i'm not available to help with the show on the 19th.
die  v. [i] (dying, died, died)   twelve people died in the accident.
it is a brave person who will die for their beliefs.
die相關(guān)短語(yǔ):
die from： 死于（外因）                    die of： 死于（疾病，饑餓，嚴(yán)寒等內(nèi)因）
die away： （聲音等的）消逝                    die down： （火勢(shì)，怒氣等的）平息
die out： （風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣，物種等的）滅絕，消失      die off： 相繼死去直至死光
die for：為…而死；渴望得到…
13. penicillin is also used to treat other illnesses including pneumonia, an illness that affects the lungs. (p19) 青霉素也用于治療其他的疾病,其中包括肺炎,這是一種侵襲肺部的疾病.
affect  v. [t]  both buildings were badly affected by the fire.
the divorce affected every aspect of her life.
it's a disease which affects mainly older people.
14. in 1945, all the three scientists, fleming, florey and chain, shared the nobel prize in physiology or medicine for their work, and penicillin rapidly became the powerful ‘wonder drug’ which saved millions of lives. (p19) 由于弗萊明, 弗洛里和錢恩的貢獻(xiàn), 1945年他們共同獲得諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)的生理學(xué)或醫(yī)藥學(xué)獎(jiǎng), 而青霉素因挽救了數(shù)百萬(wàn)人的生命, 很快成為一種強(qiáng)大的“神奇藥品”。
share  v. 1) [i or t]   bill and i shared an office for years.
i share a house with four other people.
2) [i or t]  will you share your sandwich with me?
3) [i or t]   shall we share the driving?