6. 不可名词量的表示语：

　　(1) 不可数名词可加表单位的形容片语，表示数的观念。其公式为：

　　数词＋单位词＋of＋不可数名词

　　(2) 各类表单位的形容词片语。

　　(A) 物质名词：

　　a piece (suit) of armour;

　　a piece (slice) of cake;

　　a piece (an article) of furniture;

　　a piece of jewelry;

　　a piece (sheet) of paper;

　　a cake of soap;

　　a piece (slice) of bacon;

　　a piece (stick) of chalk;

　　a bit (blade) of grass;

　　a piece (strip) of land;

　　a bit (grain) of rice;

　　a bowl of soup;

　　(B) 抽象名词

　　a word of abuse;

　　an item (a bit) of business;

　　an attack of fever;

　　a bit (an amount) of interest;

　　a fit of passion;

　　a piece (word) of advice;

　　a piece of evidence;

　　a piece (an item) of information;

　　a piece (an item) of news;

　　(C) 自然现象：

　　a flash of lightening;

　　a bolt of thunder;

　　7. 名词种类的表示语：kind of, sort of, type of,

　　(1) 三者都可接可数名词及不可数名词，其后的冠词a (an)常被省略。

　　What kind of (a) pencil did you buy?

　　I don't like that sort of game.

　　(2) kind of, sort of, type of之前可加a, the, some, any, etc.

　　I had a kind of suspicion that he was cheating.

　　(3) 比较下列用法：（加*表非正式用法）

　　I don't like this (*those) kind of person.

　　I don't like many (or these) kinds of roses.

　　I like this kind of flower.

　　I like flowers of this kind.

　　I like *these kind of flowers.

　　I like this kind of roses.

　　I like roses of this kind. （置名词后更强调种类）

　　I like roses of these kinds.（置名词后更强调种类）

　　8. 数词：

　　(1) 基数(Cardinal numerals)：one, two, three...

　　(A) 除one接单数名词外，其余均接复数名词。

　　He has one sister and three brothers.

　　(B) hundred的后面须加and（但可以省略）。

　　12,345 = twelve thousand three hundred (and) forty five;

　　(2) 序数(Ordinal mumerals)：first, second, third...

　　(A) 序数前面必须附以定冠词。而a second, a third等，则是another的意思。

　　(B) 日期多用序数。

　　It's on Friday, the fifth of October (= October the fifth = October 15th).

　　(C) 序数的简体。

　　9th = the ninth; 12th = the twelfth; 16th = the sixteenth;

　　(3) 分数：

　　(A) 分数的表示法：第一，分子用基数，分母用序数。第二，分子大于2时，分母须加"s"以形成复数。

　　1/2 = a (one) half; 1/3 = a (one) third; 2/3 = two-thirds; 1/4 = a (one) quarter;

　　(B) 分数可接与不可数名词；所接的名词是单数，则与单数动词连用，是复数则与复数动词连用。

　　A third of the peach was bad.

　　A third of the bananas were bad.

　　(4) 倍数词：常用的有half, double, treble（三倍）等。

　　(A) half a, a half, half the ＋名词，表（一半的）。

　　He ran a half mile in half an hour.

　　He ran half a mile in half an hour.

　　I have read half the book.

　　(B) half还可作名词，代名词及副词。

　　Two halves make a whole. （名词）

　　This is half as much again as that. （副词）

　　(C) 倍数常用的表达法：

　　(half; double; treble; twice; two times; three times; four times...) ＋定冠词或所有形容词＋名词或所有代名词

　　I had to pay double (= twice) the usual fare.

　　That window is three times the size of this.

　　9. "数词＋名词"结合而成的形容词：

　　(1) 数词＋名词＝形容词

　　a five-dollar bill;

　　two three-hour periods;

　　the Three-power Conference(三强会议);

　　(2) 数词＋名词＋形容词＝形容词

　　a six-year-old boy;

　　a three-hundred-year-old tree;

　　注：上述的复合字是以hyphen(-)连结，而且其中的名词要用单数形式。

　　(3) 名词（无冠词）＋基数＝the ＋序数＋名词

　　World War Ⅱ= World War Two or the Second World War;

　　Vol. Ⅰ= Volume One or the First Volume;

　　Page 4 = page four or the fourth page;

　　Lesson 6 = lesson Six or the Sixth Lesson;

　　Chap. Ⅲ = Chapter Three or the Third Chapter;

　　Charles Ⅰ= Charles the First;

　　cf. Napoleon the Great = the Great Napoleon;

　　这几种用法，非专有名词，可不用大写，但等号两边须一致。〕

　　(4) "数词＋复数名词"作主词，虽为复数形，但强调单一性，则用单数动词。若强调一个一个的个别数，则用复数动词。

　　Thirty minutes is sufficient for a good sermon.

　　Fifty dollars a month is a large sum in our eyes, but is nothing to him.

　　cf. Ten years have passed since I saw you last.

　　10. 各种数字的读法：

　　(1) 年号的读法：

　　1979←→nineteen seventy-nine or nineteen hundred (and) seventy-nine;

　　(2) 电话号码；货币的读法：

　　1023←→one o two three; 1227←→one double two (or two two) seven; $4.25←→four dollars (and) twenty-five (cents);

　　(3) 小数点的读法：

　　13.91←→thirteen decimal (point) nine one; 0.23 = nought demical two three;

　　(4) 算术式的读法：

　　2+3=5 Two plus three is (equals, is equal to) five.

　　5-3=2 Five minus three is equal to two.

　　3×2=6 Three times two is six. or Three by two are six.

　　9÷3=3 Nine divided by three makes three.