Live互動英語學習報 --七月二日



						每月新書限時優惠

2010 年 7 月 2 日 (No. 465)


		說明：
		此處的 look 意思是「朝……；面對……」，而 sth + be looking up 常用來形容事情、情
		況等「逐漸變好；有起色」。

		示範句：
		Things are looking up for Taiwan.
		台灣現在的情況正在好轉。

		Finally, our financial situation is looking up.
		我們的財務狀況終於好轉。

		I hope business will start looking up in the new year.
		我希望我們的營運狀況在新的一年會開始好轉。

			things are looking up (for + sb)「情況對（某人而言）逐漸好轉」
			Things are looking up for the team now that they've ended their losing
			streak.
			既然他們已終結一連串的敗績，球隊的情況逐漸好轉。

先小試一下身手，看看用哪個單字才對？
1.	A large ____________ (amount/number) of problems were solved at the meeting.
2.	There is a small ____________ (amount/number) of dirt on the floor.

關鍵說明：

amount 和 number 有什麼不一樣？一起來看看。

amount

number

使用情境

修飾不可數名詞

修飾可數名詞

注意

a large amount/number of 指「大量的」，a small amount/number of 指「少數的；少量的」

示範句：

amount

My grandmother gave me a small amount of money for my birthday.

我奶奶在我生日時給我一小筆錢。

She doesn't need such a large amount of clothes for the trip.

她去旅行不需要如此大量的衣物。

number

I want you to count the number of dogs in the park.

我要你數公園裡狗的數量。

Jake bought a small number of CDs at the store.

傑克在店裡買了幾張 CD。

解答：1. number 2. amount

Marie Curie: Against All Odds (1)

永不妥協的居禮夫人 (1)

Marie Curie was one of the greatest women scientists, but success was not easy.

When Curie went to college in Paris, she was very poor. She often had only bread and butter for dinner.

Curie lived alone in a sixth-floor apartment. There was no running water, so she had to carry water up five flights of stairs. During the winter, the water often froze before she got there. At night, she had to wear all her clothes to stay warm.

When she got married, Curie chose to wear a black dress because it was the most practical. Since it would not look dirty easily, she could later work in it.

瑪麗居禮是最偉大的女科學家之一，不過，成功的果實得來不易。

當居禮在巴黎唸大學時，她很窮。晚餐常常只以麵包和奶油充飢。

居禮獨居在公寓的六樓。那裡沒有自來水，所以她得提著水爬五層階梯。在冬天，水常常在她到家前就結冰了。夜裡，她得把所有的衣服都穿上才能保暖。

當她結婚時，她選了一件黑色洋裝。因為她認為這件衣服最實用。因為不容易看出衣服髒，之後她還可以穿著它工作。


apartment	n.	公寓

carry	v.	提；挑（東西）

freeze	v.	(freeze / froze / frozen) 結冰

practical	adj.	實用的；實際的