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1.A group of international aid, religious and other groups is calling for debt cancellation for Nepal.
call for要求
Dawkins ends his discussion with a call for liberation.
道金斯以呼吁解放結束了他的論述。
2.The United Nations says eight million people, more than one fourth of the country's population, has been affected by the disaster.
one fourth分數的表示
分數在英語中通常是借助于表達的。其中基數詞表示分子，序數詞表示分母。
如：
1)The centimeter is one-tenth of the decimeter or one-hundredth of the meter．厘米是分米的十分之一，或者說是米的百分之一。
2)However，the number of boys will bea third or less than the girls in the class．但是，班里男生的人數將比女生少三分之一或更少。
從以上例子可以看出：分子除用one外，也可用a；如果分子大于1，分母要用復數形式。但是，1／2不能說a（one）second，而要說a（one）half。例如：
3)The sum of one half，one third and number is 13.某數的1／2，1／3和1／4的和是13。
1／4和3／4可以說a（one）fourth和three fourths，但常用a quarter和three quarters表示。應該注意的是，分數修飾名詞時，若該名詞是不可數名詞只能用單數；若是可數名詞，用單數或復數均可。但是，若它們在句子中作主語，則謂語動詞是用單數還是復數取決于名詞，即與分數所修飾的名詞保持一致。例如：
4)Only one-fifth of air consists of oxygen．氧氣只占空氣的1／5。
5)About two thirds of the students attendthe meeting．大約2／3的學生都參加了會議。
帶分數也是常見的英語數詞表達。所謂帶分數，實際上是“整數＋分數”，表達時分而述之，只是整數部分與分數部分要用連詞 and連接。當帶分數修飾名詞時，該名詞通常是復數，但若名詞置于整數one或a之后，則用單數。“帶分數＋名詞”作主語時，要用復數。例如：
6)You should finish the work within one and a fourth hours．你應在1．25小時內完成工作。
7)The atom breaks up in a minute and a quarter．原子在1．25分鐘內裂變。
3.The group, a non-governmental organization, or NGO, says Nepal owes a total of $3.8 billion to foreign creditors including the World Bank and the Asian Development bank.
a total of總數為
Rude taxi drivers clocked up a total of 239 offences in 1990.
1990年，出租車司機魯莽駕駛導致的違章事件總共達239起。
4.He says that means the money that would have gone to repayment goes to the most vulnerable citizens, rather than to tax breaks for companies or to support the military.
rather than而不是
Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.
比賽形勢決定了他們要打防守戰而不是進攻戰。
