I. Reading 閱讀
Fred's having a party, but he's very embarrassed. There are many people at his party, but there's very little food. There's very little meat. There isn't much rice, either. There are only a few cans of coke and a little orange juice. However, everyone is happy at the party because there's plenty of beer.
弗雷德在開宴會，但是他覺得很不好事思落恼。赴宴的人很多搔耕，不過菜卻很少棒掠。肉很少缨恒，飯也不夠多悦施。只有幾罐可樂和一些橙汁鼎姐。不過掸掏，因為啤酒很多，所以宴會上每個人都很高興薪韩。
II. Vocabulary & Idioms 單詞短語注解
- embarrassed [?m'b?r?st] a. 困窘的, 不好意思的
例: I am embarrassed to wear dirty clothes
( 穿臟衣服讓我覺得很不好意思 确沸。 ) - many ['m?ni] a. 許多的 ( 之后接復數名詞 )
例: Mr. Lee has many children.
( 李先生有許多孩子 。 ) - little ['l?tl] a. 很少的 ( 之后接不可數名詞 )
例: I have very little homework tonight.
( 我今晚的功課很少 张惹。) - food [fud] n. 食物 ( 不可數 )
- meat [mit] n. 肉 ( 不可數 )
- much [m?t?] a. 許多的 ( 之后接不可數名詞 )
- rice [ra?s] n. 米, 飯 ( 不可數 )
- few [fju] a. 很少的, 沒幾個 ( 之后接復數名詞 )
only a few 只有幾個
例: Only a few of my friends smoke cigarettes.
( 我的朋友中只有少數人抽煙 岭洲。) - can [k?n] n. 罐頭
- coke [kok] n. 可樂 ( COCA - COLA 可口可樂的縮寫形 )
- orange ['?r?nd?] n. 橙
- juice [d?us] n. 果汁
- plenty ['pl?nti] pron.充分，夠多
plenty of... 很多的······，不少的····· (之后可接復數名詞或不可數名詞)
例: There's plenty of coffee and tea in the kitchen.
(廚房里有很多的咖啡和茶替蔬。) - beer [b?r] n.啤酒
III. Grammar Points 語法重點
本課介紹表示數量的形容詞(如many、few挤巡、little酷麦、much等)的用法。
這些形容詞亦稱不定代詞琴昆，有的之后要接復數名詞，有的只能接不可數名詞勤讽，有的則兩者皆可拗踢。茲列述如下：
1.之后須接復數名詞者
few 有少數，沒幾個
a few 有幾個
several 數個(意思接近a few,但可能數目較a few多君纫。)
many 許多個
例: He has few friends.
(他沒幾個朋友——他的朋友很少蓄髓。)
I have a few friends.
(我有幾個朋友枉阵。)
She has many friends.
(她有許多朋友兴溜。)
注意:
a. few表示“沒幾個”，有否定意味斋攀；a few表示“有幾個”讳癌，有肯定意味。
b. quite a few 不少的商乎，相當多的(=many)
例: He has quite a few friends.
(他朋友不少祭阀。)
c. only a few只有幾個(=few 沒兒個)
例: Mary has only few friends ( X )
→ Mary has only a few friends. ( O )
(瑪麗只有幾位朋友。)
- 之后須接不可數名詞者：
little 很少，沒多少
a little 有一點
much 許多
例: He has little money.
(他沒多少錢——他兒乎沒錢辩越。)
He has a little money.
(他有一點錢。)
He doesn't have much money.
(他的錢不多督惰。)
注意:
a. little表示“沒多少”不傅，有否定意味；a little 表示“有一點”赏胚，有肯定意味访娶。
b. quite a little 不少的，相當多的
例: He has quite a little money.
(他的錢不少觉阅。)
c. much用于否定句中崖疤，而不用于肯定句中〉溆拢肯定句應使用a lot of或lots of劫哼。
例: He has much money. ( X )
→He doesn't have much money. ( O )
(他的錢不多。)
He has lots of / a lot of money. ( O )
(他有許多錢割笙。)
d. a great deal of 亦表示“許多的权烧、大量的”，之后須接不可數名詞伤溉。
例: He has a great deal of money.
=He has a lot of money.
=He has lots of money.
(他有許多錢般码。) - 之后可接復數名詞或不可數名詞者:
some 一些
a lot of(=lots of) 許多的
plenty of 不少的，相當多的
例: He has some friends/money.
(他有一些朋友/錢乱顾。)
He has a lot of (lots of) friends/money.
(他有許多朋友錢板祝。)
He has plenty of friends/money.
(他有不少朋友/錢。)
IV. Substitution 替換
- There are many people at his party.
There are only a few people at his party.
There aren't a lot of people at his party.
(他的宴會上有許多人糯耍。)
(他的宴會上只有少數幾個人扔字。)
(他的宴會上并沒有很多人。) - There are only a few cans of coke and a little orange juice.
There are a lot of vegetables, but there isn't much meat.
There is plenty of food, but there aren't many drinks.
(只有幾罐可樂和一些橙汁温技。)
(有許多蔬菜革为，但肉并不多。)
(有不少萊舵鳞，但飲料并不多震檩。)
