其他應注意的數(shù)的表達形式
1)a three-year-old boy 比較The boy is three years old
2) five thousand people / several thousand people比較 thousands of people
表達具體數(shù)字時，thousand不加 "s"，后面不加 "of "; ten, million, billion情況以此類推。
3) One-third of the students have passed College English Test Band IV.
Two-thirds of the students have passed College English Test Band IV.
One-third of the population in this area is living below the poverty line.
(這個地區(qū)有1/3人口生活在貧困線以下。)
注意：幾分之幾的表達形式;動詞的單復數(shù)由后面的名詞數(shù)決定。
4) a looker-on 比較two lookers-on(旁觀者) / a brother-in-law比較two brothers-in-law(姻親兄弟)
5) my father, together with (along with / with / as well as my mother and brothers) 結(jié)構(gòu)中，主語作單數(shù)處理，即my father
