第二章名詞
she gave me a beautiful table cloth.
她給了我一塊漂亮的桌布。
clothes是指衣服,只有復數形式,因此不能與a或an連用,也不能用數詞 修飾。不能說a clothes,two clothes等,而只能說some clothes,these clothes。
clothing是集體名詞,服裝的總稱,沒有復數,不能說a clothing。
this piece of cloth is very beautiful.
這塊布料很漂亮。
she gave her a lot of old clothes.
她給了她好多舊衣服。
the little girl likes to wear new clothes.
這個小姑娘喜歡穿新衣服。
children's clothing here is more expensive than in beijing.
這里的童裝要比北京貴一些。
does this shop sell women's clothing?
這家商店賣女裝嗎?
(8)work, job
work的意思是“工作,用功”,是不可數名詞;job表示“零工,具體的工作、職業”,是 可數名詞。
she has a lot of work to do on sundays.
每到周日她都有好多活要做。
he has no way to find a new job.
他沒有辦法去找到一份新的工作。
(9)country, nation, state
這三個詞都含有國家的意思,但各自強調的重點不一樣。
country 側重于表示國土、疆域或家園;
nation 側重于表示民族、國民或人民;
state 主要強調的是政權和國家機器。
china is a great country with 5,000 years civilization.
中國是一個具有五千年文明的偉大國家。
the whole country fell into joy and happiness.
全國都沉浸在歡樂之中。
do you know when china became a member nation of the un?
你知道中國是什么時候成為聯合國會員國的嗎?
he is respected by the whole nation.
他受到全國人民的尊敬。
this former tramp from austria became the head of state ten years later.
這位前奧地利流浪漢十年后成了國家元首。
state medicine is being reformed.
國家公費醫療制度正在進行改革。
(10)holiday,vocation
holiday 可用于表示各種假日,如公休日,各種節日的假日或寒暑假。通常用單數holiday表示短期的假期,如three days' holiday(三天的假期),on holiday(在假日)等。
vocation 專用于英國學校的假期;而在美國所有比較長的時間的休假都用 vocation。
we all have two days' holiday every week.
我們現在每周休息二天。
how will you spend your holiday(s) of national day?
國慶節休假你打算怎樣過?
the winter vocation will begin on jan. 12th next year.
寒假將于明年一月十二日開始。
her vocation is at an end.
她的休假結束了