初三英语

英语里的数目词包括“many, a few, few, a large number of ”等。数量词是“much, a little, little, a great deal of”等。前者和可数复数名词连用，如例①-③；后者则和不可数名词连用，如例④-⑥：

① Jason has written many books.

② David has a few good friends.

③ There are a large number of people in the cinema.

④ How much money do you need?

⑤ I need only a little sugar for my coffee.

⑥ One can get a great deal of knowledge from reading.

在数目词中，有“few”和“a few”两个。看似相同，其实差别甚大，一不小心，可能有错。例如：

⑦ The minister is leaving Singapore for few days.

⑧ Many students here can speak English quite fluently, but a few can write well.

显然，⑦里的“few”和⑧里的“a few”要对换，才符合全句的意思。

“Few”的意思是“not many”（ 不多；少）；反义词是“many ”。“A few”的意思是“some”（一些）；反义词里“none”（没有）。例如：

⑨ Though Jason is not sociable, he has a few bosom friends.

⑩ Mary is very extroverted, but she has few intimate friends.

11. The teacher has spotted a few grammatical errors in her essay.

12. There are few errors in Betty's report; it is excellent.

从上面例子看，“a few”和“few”的意思有些相似，但在句中整体的含义有差别。“A few”出现之处，“few”不适合，反之亦然。

“Few”约等于“little”；“a few”和“a little”相近。但 “little”和“a little”只和不可数名词连用，例如：

13. As we have little money left, we should spend carefully.

14. There is still a little hope, so don't give up.

13里的“little”和14里的“a little”语意分明，各得其所。如果两个对调，便牛头不对马嘴，格格不入。

a little 一点

There is a little water in the bottle. 瓶子里有一点水。

little, very little, only a little和a little的区别

以上这些词语均修饰不可数名词，在程度上little最小，意思是“几乎没有”，“很少”。very little是“很少”的意思。only a little“只有一点”，a little意思是“一点”。

① There is little water in the bottle.

瓶里几乎没水了。

② There is very little ink in my pen.

我钢笔里墨水不多了。

③ We have only a little rice in the house.家里的米只有一点了。

④ I know a little English, but even less Japanese.我懂一点英语，日语懂得更少。

⑤ "Can you speak English?" "Yes, but only a little."

“你能讲法语吗？”“是的，但只会一点。”

句①中的little具有否定意义。另外，little还可表示“小的”，

① a little girl（一个小女孩）。