few、a few、little、a little的区别和联系: few / a few用来修饰可数名词,few表示否定意义,没有,几乎没有; a few表示有肯定意思, 有几个。 例如: He has few friends here, he feels lonely. 他这里没朋友,他感觉寂寞。 There are a few eggs in the basket.篮子里有几个鸡蛋。 little / a little用来修饰不可数名词,little表示否定意思,没有,几乎没有。 a little 表示肯定意思,有一点儿。 例如: There is little ink in my bottle, can you give me a little ink? 我的瓶子里没有墨水了,你能给我点儿墨水吗? [考考你] 1. My father has many books, but he has_____ English books. A. little B. a little C. few D. a few Answer 2. The twins can speak only ___ French. A. a few B. few C. little D. a little Answer [辩析] 1. few 与 little 作形容词用,都表示“几乎没有”,相当于一个否定词。具体区别: (1) few 后面跟复数可数名词。 e.g. few books few students (2) little 后面跟单数不可数名词。 e.g. little water little food e.g. He has few friends. 他没有几个朋友。 They has little money. 他们没有什麽钱 2. a few 与 a little 都表示肯定的意思,指“有一点,有一些”。具体区别: (1) a few 后加可数名词复数 (2)a little 后加不可数名词单数。 e.g. I'm going to buy a few bananas. I can speak only a little Chinese. 3. a little 与 little 也可以用作副词, 表示“有点”“稍稍” 表示“很少” e.g. ----Can you speak English? ----Yes, but only a little. This book is a little more difficult than that one. ( 可修饰形容词比较级) She slept little last night. 昨天晚上,她没有怎么睡觉。 for example,such as和like都可用来举例,但用法有所不同。 for example作“例如”讲时,一般只以同类事物或人中的“一个”为例,作插入语,用逗号隔开,可置于句首、句中或句末。 For example,air is invisible. 例如,空气是看不见的。 He,for example,is a good student. 例如,他就是个好学生。 such as也作为“例如”讲,用来列举同类人或事物中的几个例子。 Some of the European languages come from Latin,such as French,Italian and Spanish. 有些欧洲语言来源于拉丁语,例如,法语、意大利语和西班牙语。 Boys such as John and James are very friendly.像约翰和詹姆斯这样的男孩都很友好。 like也常用来表示举例,可与such as互换。但such as用于举例可以分开使用,此时不可与like互换。 Some warm-blooded animals,like/such as the cat,the dog or the wolf,do not need to hibernate. 一些温血动物,像猫、狗和狼都不需要冬眠。 He has several such reference books as dictionaries and handbooks. 他有几本像字典、手册之类的参考书。 注 意 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 使用such as来举例子,只能举出其中的一部分,一般不能全部举出。若全部举出,要改用namely(意为“即”)。 He knows four languages,namely Chinese,English,Russian and French. 他精通四门语言,即汉语、英语、俄语和法语。 自我测试 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 根据句意,用for example,such as或like填空。 1.Noise, ,is a kind of pollution. 2.I like drinks tea and soda. 3. ,my full name is James Allen Green. Green is my family name. 4.You can buy fruit here—oranges and bananas, . 5.There are several people interested, Mr Jones and Mr Simpson. 答 案:1.for example 2.like/such as 3.For example 4.for example 5.like 本文来源:https://www.wddqw.com/doc/897b914a0540be1e650e52ea551810a6f524c892.html