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九、限定词 (Determiners)

Words that precede any pre-modifying adjectives in a noun phrase and which denote such referential meanings( 所指意义 ) as specific reference( 特指 ), genetic reference( 类指 ), definite quantity( 确定数量 ) or indefinite quantity are referred to as determiners.

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1 、 Classification of determiners Determiners, as a class of words, includes: Definite Article, Indefinite Article, Zero Article. Possessive Determiner( 物主限定词 ): my,

your, his, her, our, their, one’s, its Genitive Noun( 名词属格 ): John’s, my friend’s Demonstrative Determiner ( 指示限定词 ):

this, that, these, those, such Relative Determiner( 关系限定词 ): whose,

which Interrogative Determiner( 疑问限定词 ): what,

which, whose

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Indefinite Determiner( 不定限定词 ):

no, some, any, each, every, enough, either, neither, all, both, half, several, many, much, a few, a little, other, another

Cardinal Numeral & Ordinal Numeral( 基数词和序数词 )

Multiplicative Numeral & Fractional Numeral ( 倍数词和分数词 )

Quantifier ( 量词 ): a lot of, lots of, plenty of, a great deal of, a large quantity of, etc.

As for the Articles, we’ve discussed in lecture8, and for Numeral , we’ll discuss it

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in the following lecture in details. Here we’re going to concentrate on the other kinds of determiners.

2 、 A comparative study of some determiners

a(n) & one 这两个词都指“一个”，但有所不同， a(n) 是指任何一

个，着重类别； one 指不是一个或两个，着重数量： Is the man over there an Englishman ？ The drum will collapse at a/one blow. I’m just one player on the team. both & all 两个词均可译作“都”，但是指两个人或物时只能用

both ，三个及其以上的人或事物时要用 all ：

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My brother bought me “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and “The Sun Also Rises”. I like both books.

1) 作为限定词使用的 both 和 all 所修饰的名词若还有物主代词或定冠词修饰时，要把 both 或 all 放在它们的前面： all the world ， all my life ， all that afternoon ， For example ：

Both the(his) students smiled.2) All 和 both 可用 of 结构 , 后面是名词时 , of 可省

去 , 但若后面是人称代词时 , of 不能省略： Both of them are fond of and good at physics. all & whole all 与表示时间的名词连用时 , 用不用 the 都可以 , 但

在否定句中通常不用： I couldn’t sleep all night.

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Whole 后面不能接复数可数名词 , 代词或专有名词： We can’t say ： whole inhabitants （全体居民） or

whole China ， or whole it.

But we can say ： all the inhabitants, the whole of China( 指领土 ), or all China( 指各地区或全国同胞 ), the whole of it.

what & which What 为泛指限定词 , which 为特指限定词 , 在用于指

“什么”时 , 一般来说 , what 用来指不定数目中的“什么”， which 则指一定数目中的“什么”：

1 、 ___car do you like best among the ones made in China?

a. What b. Which c. Whose d. What’s

2 、 What kind of sports do you like?

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但实际上 , what 也用来指确定数目的“什么” , 比如一年有四季 , 十二个月 , 一星期有七天 , 等等 :

What season do you like best?

What day of the week is today? Which 则常用于事先计算的场合 :

Which day of the week does May Day fall on this year ?

some & any 两个词都有“一些 , 若干 , 几分 , 一点儿”之意 ,

some 常用于肯定句 , any 用于疑问句，否定句和条件句。但是， some 也可用于疑问句表示劝请，命令或预期的肯定的回答等， 而 any 在作“任何”解时，可用在肯定句中的单复数名词前：

Will you have some tea? Or you’ll be thirsty very soon.

You may take any pictures you like.

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other & another 两个词都可以修饰单数可数名词。 Another 是指三个以

上不定数量中的另一个，而 other 前面要加定冠词the ， the other 指两者中的另一个。 Other （其它，另外）后面一般跟复数名词：

We had a party last month, and it was a lot of fun, so let’s have another one this month.

I see there are some clean cups on the table. Can you get me another one since this is dirty?

He has a book in one hand, and a pen in the other one.

There are other ways of doing this exercise.

Note: 在 other 前还可用 any, every, no, some 等词修饰，后面所修饰名词可用单数。如： some other time , on

other book, any other pen

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No one & none No one 表示“一个也没有”只能指人，它只代表单数

可数名词，接单数动词，很少和 of 短语连用， none可以指人也可指物，既可代表可数名词，也可代表不可数名词。当 none 代表单数时，用单数动词；代表复数时，用复数动词。 None 后面常跟 of 短语。

For example ： None of the girls came on the trip. It is surprising that no one in my class has heard about

the accident. None of us is wholly blameless. many , much, a lot of, lots of & plenty of 表示“多”的意思，可用 many, much, a lot of, lots

of , plenty of, a good /great many, a large amount of 等。作为限定词 , many 和 a good /great many 之后须跟

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复数名词， much 和 a large amount of 之后须跟不可数名词：

Many animals have diseases.

A rocket has many parts.

Many information is now transmitted through E-mail.

We have a great many questions to discuss at the meeting.

We are going to spend a large amount of money on children’s education.

Note: many, much, a great many 等既可用作限定词 , 也可用作不定代词：

Have you done all these exercises ？ ——No ， I haven’t done very much.

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Has she read any English novels in the original?

------Yes, a great many.

a few & a little 表示“少”的意思，可用 (a) few, (a)little, 既可用作限

定词 , 又可用作不定代词。 A few ， a little 表示“少量”，带有肯定含意：

Let’s invite a few friends to come with us.

Here are a few more books on this subject.

I had a little difficulty in solving the problem. few / little 若不与 a 连用表示否定意义 , 相当于 not

many / much, not enough ： I have very few chocolates left.

I understand little of his speech.

Note: quite a few, a good few , not a few 不表示“少” ,

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而表示“相当多”的含义 , 相当于 a fair number(of) ： Quite a few of us are getting worried.

You’ll have to wait a good few weeks.

Each & every each 强调个体性 , 表示“各自不同”； every 强调整

体的一致性，表示“大家一致”； each 用来指两个或两个以上的人或事物， every 着重表明三个或三个以上的人或事物； each 可以单独作代词，而 every 则不可以，只能作定语：

I know every member of the family.

I know each member of the family.

Each of us has to do his way best.

Every one of us did a good job in the cleaning.

Each of my parents has a bike.

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either & neither 作为泛指限定词或代词 , 后面一般用单数动词。 either

用于肯定，意思是两者之中的一个，或两者之间的任何一个， neither 用于否定，指两者之中哪一个也不：

Both of the roads lead to the railway station. You may go by either road.

Neither statement is true, is it?

其他 某些限定词修饰单数名词和某些副词修饰形容词 + 名词

时的词序 : 不定冠语一般放在它所限定的词之前 , 如， what a silly mistake he has ever made on his road to

the stage ！ 但在下列两种情况下 , 不定冠词应后置：1) such ， quite ， what 可以修饰单数可数名词和不可

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数名词。当它们修饰单数可数名词时， 不定冠词 a/an 应放在这三个词后面：

I have never seen such a large apple before. We had quite an enjoyable holiday.2) 形容词前有 so, as, too, how, however 修饰时 , 不

定冠词应置于形容词之后 : how / too + 形容词+a…”

He has too small a car to take us all there. However dark a night may be an owl can see clearly.

Conclusion: In this lecture, determiners are briefly discussed: the classification of determiners and a comparative study of some determiners. NowLet’s practice…

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Exercises:1. ___child will find his own personal road to success. a. Every b. Each c. Some d. The (each 强调个体性 , 表示“各自不同”。）2. ___work ___to be done tomorrow. a. Great deal of / have b. A great deal of / has c. A great of / has d. A deal of / have ( we can say: a great deal of or a good deal of)3. There ___a large number of things that I desire to

say. a. is b. are c. was d. were [ a great / good / large /small number of “ 许多 , 一

些”后面接可数名词复数形式 , 动词视说话人的意图 , 可用单数 ( 集合地看 ) 或复数 ( 个别地看 ) 。 ]

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4. I like ___the books my brother, sister and parents gave me. They know what I like.

a. all b. both c. some d. any

5. “Are there many men there?” “___, there are___.”

a. Yes / few b. No / a few

c. No / few d. No / any

6. If you want___books. I’ll send you___.

a. some /any b. any / any

c. any / some d. many / few

7. I’m studying Chinese, history, and ___subjects.

a. the other b. other

c. another d. others

(another 和 the other 都只能接单数名词 , other 后面一般接复数名词。 )

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8. There are shops on___side of the street, where you can buy what you want.

a. neither b. both c. any d. either9. In ___case will he come. a. either b. both c. some d. neither (neither 作为否定词用于句首时 , 需要用部分倒装。）10. ___world is looking forward to the discovery of a

new cure for cancer. a. The all b. The whole c. Altogether a d. Entirely11. ___alloy may be used to replace copper. a. Such a b. Some such c. Such some d. Several such

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12. The additional work will take ___weeks.

a. the other b. another five

c. other five d. the more

13. Please serve me ___soup.

a. more some b. the less

c. more the d. some more

14. Are you going to buy ___rice?

a. all these b. these all

c. all this d. both these

15. Either of these books___good.

a. is b. are

c. a d. were

(either 和 neither 用作代词时 , 后面一般用单数动词。）

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十、数词 (numeral)

Words that precede any pre-modifying adjectives in a noun phrase and which denote such referential meanings( 所指意义 ) as definite quantity( 确定数量 ) or indefinite quantity are referred to as numeral.

There are two kinds of numerals: cardinal numeral(one, two, fifty-two etc.) and ordinal numeral( first, tenth, fiftieth etc.)

1 、 Uses of cardinal numeral 1 ）用作主语：

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It is said that thirteen is an unlucky number. Three of them joined the school team. ( 他们当中有 3

人参加了校队。如果说 the three of them 则意谓“它们 3 人”。）

2 ）用作表语： The boy is ten. Five times five is twenty-five.

3) 用作宾语 : The shop-assistant wears a nine on her uniform. ( 那

个女售票员的制服上戴着 9 号徽章。） It is worth four hundred.

4) 用作定语 : I have invited ten people to the party. I have told you a hundred and one times.

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5) 用作同位语 : Are you two reading? They three joined the school team.

6 ）用作状语 : I hate riding two on a bike. ( 我不喜欢骑自行车带

人。） People were three or four deep in the streets. ( 街上的

人多达三四层。）2 、 Uses of Ordinal numeral1 ）用作主语： The first is better than the second. The first of October is our National Day.

2) 用作表语 : She was (the) fourth in the exam. She was the third to arrive.

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3) 用作宾语 : He was among the first to arrive. He held up a piece of paper folded into fourths. ( 他拿

起一张摺成四摺的纸。）4) 用作定语 January is the first month of the year.

5) 用作同位语 : On Friday, the 10th instant, Mr. and Mrs. Cole

celebrated their silver wedding-day. (科尔夫妇于本月10日星期五庆祝他们的银婚。）

Who is that man, the first in the front row?

6) 用作状语 When did you first meet him? He came second in the race.

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3 、 Uses of Multiplicative Numeral & Fractional Numeral

1) Multiplicative Numeral This room is three times as large as that one. How much is three times three? The value of the house has increased fourfold since

1939. 房价自 1939 年以来增加了 3 倍。Note: 表示倍数时，如表示“增加”用 times 与 fold ，

则须注意英语要多说一倍，如说“增加了 3 倍”，则须用 four times 或 fourfold ，如：

Output of coal increased four times ( 或 fourfold). 煤产量增加了 3 倍。

Output of coal was four times as great as that of last year 。煤产量比去年增加了 3 倍。

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2) Fractional Numeral Population has increased by 200% in the past 20

years. This shows a 300% increase over the previous year.Note ：表示分数时，分子须用基数词，分母用序数词。

分子如是 1 以上，分母须用复数形式， 如： ½ 读作 a(one)half ( 不读作 one second), 数学中可读

作 one over two ¼ 读作 a (one) quarter ( 或 fourth) ¾ 读作 three quarters ( 或 fourths) 2/5 读作 two fifths 1/3 读作 a (one) third 2/3读作 two thirds 5 ½读作 five and a half 小数的读法是 : 小数点前的基数词与前面所讲的基数词读法完全相同 , 小数点后则须将数词一一读出 , 如 :

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1.25 读作 one point two five 3.728 读作 three point seven two eight 0.56 读作 (naught) (美国用 zero )point five six 0.009 读作 (naught)point naught naught nine (美

国用 zero 代替 naught) 百分数中的百分号 %读作 per cent, 如 : 5% 读作 five per cent 0.5% 读作 (naught) point five per cent 300% 读作 three hundred per cent

4 、 Number （编号） 请看下面一些例子： Number 6 第六号（读作 number six, 缩写式 :

No.6) line 4 第四行 (读作 line four, 缩写式 : L.4) Page 10 第十页 (读作 page ten 缩写式 : p.10

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Lesson Eight 第八课 Room 101 101房间 (读作 Room one oh one) No. 10 Downing Street 唐宁街 10 号 Platform 5 第五站台 Bus 332 332路公共汽车 Tel. No. 801-4609 电话号码 801-4609 读作

telephone number eight oh one four six oh nine, 在 eight, oh, one 之后稍加停顿。

Postcode （或 zip code ） 100081 邮政编码 100081

5 、 Date, Month, year ( 年、月、日表示法 ) 1949 1949 年 (读作 nineteen forty-nine 或 nineteen

hundred and forty-nine) 1900 1900 年 (读作 nineteen hundred) 1960s(1960’s) 20世纪 60 年代 (读作 nineteen sixties)

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450B.C. 公元前 450 年 (读作 four fifty B.C. 或 four hundred and fifty B.C.)

476A.D. (A.D.476) 公元 476 年 (读作 four seventy-six A.D. 或 four hundred and seventy-six A.D.)

February 7(th) or [7(th) February] 2 月 7日 [ 读February seventh ( 或 February seven 或 February seventh)] 。 7(th) February 则读作 the seventh of February 。

6 、 Hour （时刻表示法） （ at ） six o’clock ( 或 at six)a.m ( 或 am) ( 在 ) 上午六

时 half past six p.m( 或 pm) 下午六时半 (a) quarter past six a.m ( 或 am) 上午六时一刻 (a) quarter to eight p.m ( 或 pm) 下午八时差一刻 five to eight p.m( 或 pm) 下午八时差五分 除用文字外 , 还可用阿拉伯数字表示时刻 , 如 :

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6.00(英式 ) 6:00(美式 ) 读作 six 6.25(英式 ) 6:25(美式 ) 读作 six twenty five 还有一种以 24小时时制的表示法 , 如 : 06.00 或 6:00 读作 zero six hundred hours 21.25 或 21:25 读作 twenty-one twenty-five

7 、数词用于惯用法中1. 基数词用来表示确定数时不能有复数形式 , 但在表示模糊数时却用复数形式 , 这常见于惯用语中 :

at sixes and sevens 乱七八糟 Millions of 数以百计的 by hundreds 成百 thousands of 数以千计的 thousands upon thousands of 千千万万的 dozens of 几十 in twos and threes 三三两两的

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2. 还有些惯用语中 , 数词虽是确定的 , 但并不表示确切的数值 , 却暗含其它意思 :

a thousand thanks 多谢 a hundred and one questions 许多问题 have one’s forty winks 打盹 , 小睡 ten to ten 十有八九 ten cent store 小食杂店 talk nineteen to the dozen 喋喋不休的谈 change seventy-two times 变化无常 at the eleventh hour 在最后一刻Conclusion ： So much for numerals. We’ve discussed the

uses of different numerals in this lecture. Now let’s practice…

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Exercises:1. The length of the reading passage increased

progressively, from about four hundred and fifty words in the early units until to nearly___words in later ones.

a. two thousands three hundreds

b. two thousand- three hundred

c. two thousand three hundreds

d. two thousand three hundred

(英语基数词 hundred, thousand 和 million 等数词，用作限定词时，不用复数形式。用作名词时， 如果是确定数字（或接近确定）也不加复数。 比如： six hundred ， thirty thousand ， two hundred million 等。 )

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2. ___would prefer walking to taking a bus.

a. Two we b. Our two

c. We two d. We of two

3. You will be ___ to speak at the meeting.

a. first b. the first

c. first man d. first one

( 序数词用作定语时 , 后面所限定的名词常可以省略。）

4. “Have you flown very much?” “As a matter of fact, this trip is ___.”

a. my first b. the first to mine

c. the first one of mine d. my the first

( 序数词前面的定冠词有时用物主人称代词替代。）

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5. Press the button ___for a doctor and ___for a nurse.

a. one/two b. once/twice

c. one time /two times d. once time /twice time

(note: a time 作“一次”讲 , 只能用于 Take two pills at a time.)

6. We held a grand rally to celebrate ___anniversary of the founding of the Republic.

a. the 50 b. the 50th

c. 50th d. 50

7. The price of the lathe made in Dalian is ___that of the one made in Shenyang.

a. three times higher than b. three high times than

c. times three higher than d. than three times higher

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8. The output of cotton this year was five times___it had been in 1973.

a. what b. that c. which d. when( 用“基数词 +times+what 从句”也可表示增加到多少

倍 , 包括原来的基数。译文：今年的棉花产量是 1973 年的五倍。）

9. He went to night school for adults in___. a. his early thirty b. his early thirties c. the early thirty d. early his thirty10. It ‘s one in ___that you passed the entrance

examination. a. ten b. a thousand c. a hundred d. a hundred and one ( 惯用法。译文：你通过入学考试真是太好了。）