2014年大学英语四级基础语法讲义7
★ What's the population of Germany?
What's the population of Germany?德国的人口有多少?
population 表示“人口”是一集体名词,have population of 表示“有多少人口”。例如:
Our village has population of two hundred of people.
我们村有二百人口。
What's the population of you city?
你们城市有多少人口?
★ What does "standing room only"mean?
What does "standing room only"mean?“只有站的空间”意味着什么?
room 表示“地方”,“空间”,与space 是同义词,后者多指“太空”,room 还表示“房间”。例如:
Is there any room for me to sit?
有我坐的地方吗?
Make room for me,please?
请给我让个地方。
The moon is quite near to us in the space.
太空中,月亮离我们很近。
★ The population problem may be the greatest one of the world today.
The population problem may be the greatest one of the world today.人口问题可能是当今最大的问题。
Problem 表示“问题”,是一种需要解决的问题。Question 也表示“问题”,是一种需要回答的问题。例如:
This problem is too hard,I can't solve(解决)it.
这个问题太难了,我解决不了。
Can you answer my question?
你能问答我的问题吗?
★ A UN report says that the world population will pass six billion by the end of the twentieth century.
A UN report says that the world population will pass six billion by the end of the twentieth century.一份联合国报告说,到二十世纪末,世界人口将达到六十亿。
By the end of…表示“到…底为止”。例如:
We have learned eight hundred English words by the end of last week.
到上一星期为止,我们学了八百个英语单词。
I'll finish my work by the end of this week.
这一周末,我就完成我的工作。