3. In other words, there are three times as many girls as boys.
也就是說,女生人數是男生的三倍。
表示A是B的幾倍時,常用以下句式:
(1)A is x times as+形容詞(或副詞)原級+as B
There is x times as many+可數名詞復數+as B
There is x times as much+不可數名詞+as B
(2)A is x times+形容詞(或副詞)比較級+than B
(3)A is x times+the size / height / length / width+of B
4. Oh really? So have I. Which language are you studying?
哦,是嗎?我也是。你在學什么語言?
“so +助動詞/情態動詞/系動詞+主語”表示“(另一事物)也……”
He is sixteen, so am I.
他16了,我也是。
Tom likes playing football, so do I.
湯姆喜歡踢足球,我也是。
(1)表示否定意義時用“neither/nor +助動詞/情態動詞/系動詞+主語”,意為“(另一事物)也不……”。
He doesn't like math, neither do I.
他不喜歡數學,我也不喜歡(數學)。
I don't know about it, nor/neither do I care.
我不知道這件事,也不關心。
(2)“so +主語+助動詞/情態動詞/系動詞”表示對之前或對方所說的情況表示贊同或證實,意為“(同意一個人或事物)確實……”
— Mary is good at music.
——瑪麗音樂很好。
— So she is.
——是的,的確很好。
— They have moved away.
——他們已搬走了。
— So they have.
——是的,他們已搬走了。
注意:助動詞及其時態的選擇要根據前句確定。
He has finished his homework, so has Mary.(so have the other students.)
他已經完成了他的家庭作業,瑪麗也完成了。(其他學生也完成了。)
The teacher will go to America, so will the students.
老師要去美國,學生們也要去。
(3)So it is / was with me. 我也如此。用于前面句子中并列謂語不同或肯、否定形式不同時。
5. The school year is divided into two semesters, the first of which is September through December, and the second January through May.
一學年有兩個學期,第一學期從九月到十二月,第二學期從一月到五月。
本句中含有一個“介詞+關系代詞”構成的非限制性定語從句。“介詞+關系代詞”引導定語從句時,關系代詞只能用which、whom,不能用that,也不能省略。
We live in a house, in front of which is a small river.
我們住在前面有一條小河的房子里。