重點講解:
1. amount of
總數;總額;
eg. He needs that amount of money to survive.
他需要那樣一筆錢以生存下去。
eg. I still do a certain amount of work for them.
我仍然為他們做一些工作。
eg. No amount of coaxing will make me change my mind.
任你費盡口舌也不會說服我改變主意。
2. remain+形容詞
保持;繼續;持續;
eg. The three men remained silent.
這3個人保持著沉默。
eg. The situation remains tense.
形勢持續緊張。
eg. Three out of four of them remained single.
他們之中四分之三的人仍是單身。