基礎(chǔ)英語(yǔ)講座【78】

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★ What's the population of Germany?
    What's the population of Germany?德國(guó)的人口有多少?
    population 表示“人口”是一集體名詞,have population of 表示“有多少人口”。例如:
    Our village has population of two hundred of people.
    我們村有二百人口。
    What's the population of you city?
    你們城市有多少人口?
    ★ What does "standing room only"mean?
    What does "standing room only"mean?“只有站的空間”意味著什么?
    room 表示“地方”,“空間”,與space 是同義詞,后者多指“太空”,room 還表示“房間”。例如:
    Is there any room for me to sit?
    有我坐的地方嗎?
    Make room for me,please?
    請(qǐng)給我讓個(gè)地方。
    The moon is quite near to us in the space.
    太空中,月亮離我們很近。
    ★ The population problem may be the greatest one of the world today.
    The population problem may be the greatest one of the world today.人口問(wèn)題可能是當(dāng)今的問(wèn)題。
    Problem 表示“問(wèn)題”,是一種需要解決的問(wèn)題。Question 也表示“問(wèn)題”,是一種需要回答的問(wèn)題。例如:
    This problem is too hard,I can't solve(解決)it.
    這個(gè)問(wèn)題太難了,我解決不了。
    Can you answer my question?
    你能問(wèn)答我的問(wèn)題嗎?
    ★ 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.一份聯(lián)合國(guó)報(bào)告說(shuō),到二十世紀(jì)末,世界人口將達(dá)到六十億。
    By the end of…表示“到…底為止”。例如:
    We have learned eight hundred English words by the end of last week.
    到上一星期為止,我們學(xué)了八百個(gè)英語(yǔ)單詞。
    I'll finish my work by the end of this week.
    這一周末,我就完成我的工作。