PROGRAMME 33
PART I - The Dialogue
Norm 和 Doris來到一家旅行社。他們看了一份到中國去旅行的路線簡介，接著就和旅行社的工作人員（travel agent）談了起來。
NORM:
This one looks good.
TRAVEL AGENT:
Yes.If you fly to Hong Kong between June and August, you get a 20%discount.
DORIS:
20%,Mm.That's not bad.
NORM:
Right.It's worth considering.
TRAVEL AGENT:
This one gives you a lot of time for sightseeing.
NORM:
(提出另外一條旅行線路)What about this one! You go to more places... Guangzhou... Beijing... Xi'an... Shanghai... guilin
TRAVEL AGENT:
Yes,but you send more time travelling... about 50% of your time on the go.
DORIS:
It might be too tiring for us.
TRAVEL AGENT:
I think it might. (笑)Of course, you can always do a bicycle of China!
DORIS:
(笑)Oh, I don't think we're fit enough for that!

PART II - Vocabulary

fit [ ]健康
tiring[ ]使人感到疲勞
Hong Kong [] 香港
Kowloon [ ]九龍
sightseeing [ ]游覽，觀光
pay [ ](過去式和過去分詞paid [ ])付款
spend [ ](過去式和過去分詞spent [ ])花費(fèi)（錢、時(shí)間）
by the end of the month[ ]到月底
How long does it take from Hong Kong to Guangzhou?[ ]
從香港到廣州需要多少時(shí)間？
It takes...hours需要個(gè)......小時(shí)
I'm not 100 per cent sure[ ]我不是百分之百地有把握
It's worth condisering [ ]值得考慮，可以考慮
60 per cent of his time's spent sleeping [ ]
他把百分之六十的時(shí)間花在睡覺上了
This one looks good [ ]這一個(gè)看來不錯(cuò)
You can always do a bicycle tour of China[ ]
你總是可以騎自行車在中國旅行的
YOu get a 20 per cent discount[ ]可以給你打八折
YOu spend about 50 per cent of your time on the go [ ]
大約百分之五五的時(shí)間花在路上
PART III - The Lesson
1.PERCENTAGES 百分?jǐn)?shù)
談到百分?jǐn)?shù)，英語說：per cent 主要用于以下兩種結(jié)構(gòu)：
a)x per cent of (something)
Eighty per cent of Australia's population lives on the coast.
(試比較:Four-fifths-of Australia's poulation lives on the coast.)
Twenty per cent of my time is spent travelling.
b)A x%discount/profit/loss
YOu can get a 20% discount on this air fare.
(這批貨物/這張機(jī)票可以給你打八折。)
The company made a 10% profit/loss last year.
(這家公司去年有百分之十的利潤/虧損。)

有些習(xí)語里也用百分?jǐn)?shù)。例如：
I don't feel 100%.
I'm not 100% sure.
在廣播里，你可以聽到另外一些日常會(huì)話里使用百分?jǐn)?shù)的例子，并且練習(xí)拿分?jǐn)?shù)與百分?jǐn)?shù)進(jìn)行換算。例如：
Three quarters is 75%(seventy-five per cent).
A third is 33 1/3%(thirty-three and a third per cent).
2.OTHER EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY 其他表示數(shù)量的詞語
There's not enough sugar in the tea.
There's just enough milk.
There's a lot of/lots of/plenty of time for sight-seeing.
I ate too much chicken.
YOu ate too many peanuts.
以上斜體字都是常用的數(shù)量詞語，按所表示的數(shù)量多少依次排列。
注意：
Too much 后面跟不可數(shù)名詞。例如：There's TOO MUCH sugar in the milk. TOO MANY后面跟可數(shù)名詞。例如：There were TOO MANY people at the party.
有一個(gè)諺語是這樣說的：
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
字面上的意思是：廚師太多，好湯也要做壞。實(shí)際上的意思是：人多手雜，反而壞事。
Enough若與名詞連用，放在名詞前面；若與形容詞或副詞連用，則放在后面。例如：
They've got ENOUGH money to buy a car.
She's old ENOUGH to go to school.
If we walk quickly ENOUGH we can catch the bus.
在廣播里還有下面兩個(gè)例子：
I don't think we're fit enough to do a bicycle tour.
Is he clever enough to pass his exams?
3.SOME USES OF THE - ING FORM OF THE VERB
動(dòng)詞-ING形式的某些用法
a)許多動(dòng)詞如果后面還接動(dòng)詞，后面這個(gè)動(dòng)詞就要用-ING形式。我們已經(jīng)碰到過一些例子。如：
Would you mind turnING the music down?
在這一講里，你還會(huì)聽到在spend time 后面用動(dòng)詞的-ing形式：
On this tour you spend more time travelING than on most tours.
Twenty per cent of my time is spent travelING.
b)介詞后面的動(dòng)詞要用-ING形式。我們已經(jīng)碰到的例子有：
How about comING to dinner?
I was thinking of havING an outside reception.
Thanks for invitING US.
你在廣播里還可以聽到：
This tour give syou a lot of time for sightseeING.
C)請注意這個(gè)新的用法：
WORTH + VERB + -ING等等
廣播里有這樣一個(gè)例子：
This tour has a 20% discount.It's worth considerING.