VOA慢速英语:How Much Do You Know about Quantifiers?

短语讲解：

1. Today we are going to talk about different ways of expressing quantity in English.

talk about 讨论，谈论
例句：He went on to talk about his accident.
他接着谈到了他的意外事故。

2. You can learn about count and noncount nouns in last week’s episode of Everyday Grammar.

learn about 获得，学得; 得知有关…的消息
例句：Childrenseem to learn about computers by osmosis.
儿童似乎不知不觉地就了解了计算机。

3. In most situations, one, each and every make the subject singular, even if the subject contains a plural noun.

even if 哪怕; 虽然; 即使
例句：Even if it takes us three days, we must get the job done.
豁出三天时间，也要把它做好。

4. If you have more than two countable items, you can use several, a few, many and a number of.

a number of 一些; 许多的
例句：Monkeys are transmitters of a number of dangerous diseases.
猴子是许多危险疾病的传染媒介。

5. In this example, little does not refer to a number or quantity; it refers to the size of the boy.

refer to 参考; 指的是; 涉及; 适用于
例句：We often refer to these books in our work.
我们工作中经常参考这些书。