新职业英语1Unit 3 教案
to ―working lunches‖ to cocktail receptions and formal dinners.
amount of不可以修饰可数名词。例子：a fair amount of 大量 a great amount of 大量 a incalculable amount of 不计其数的 a large amount of 大量 a limited amount of 极少数; 极少量 a moderate amount of 适量 a small amount of 少量 a substantial amount of 大量 a suitable amount of 适量 a vast amount of 大量 an amount of一般是指某个物体的的多少，一般用an large amount of等。 the amount of一般是某个物体的具体的数量，后面一般加名词
a number of与可数、有生命或无生命的名词连用。如：
The president has made a large number of mistakes. 总统已犯了许多错误。
a number of与an amount of的意思差不多，但一般后面加群体性的名词，如:people. the number of也和the amount of差不多，也是后面一般加群体性名词
Para2
1.Breakfast meetings rarely last more than an hour.
More than
A. ―More than＋名词‖表示―多于……‖、―非但……尤其是‖如：
1) Modern science is more than a large amount of information.
2) Jason is more than a lecturer; he is a writer, too.
● B. ―More than＋数词‖含―以上‖或―不止‖之意，如：
3) I have known David for more than 20 years.
4) Let's carry out the test with more than the sample copy.
● C. ―More than＋形容词‖等于―很‖或―非常‖的意思，如：
5) In doing scientific experiments, one must be more than careful with the
instruments.
6) I assure you I am more than glad to help you.
● D. 在―More...than...‖中，肯定―more‖后面的而否定―than‖后面的，约等于―是……而不是……‖如：
7) The difference between pure linguistics and applied linguistics is more apparent than real.
8) This book seems to be more a manual than a text.
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