★What’s the population of Germany?
What’s the population of Germany?德國的人口有多少?
population 表示“人口”是一集體名詞,have population of 表示“有多少人口”。例如:
Our village has population of two hundred of people.
我們村有二百人口。
What’s the population of you city?
你們城市有多少人口?
★What does "standing room only"mean?
What does "standing room only"mean?“只有站的空間”意味著什么?
room 表示“地方”,“空間”,與space 是同義詞,后者多指“太空”,room 還表示“房間”。例如:
Is there any room for me to sit?
有我坐的地方嗎?
Make room for me,please?
請給我讓個地方。
The moon is quite near to us in the space.
太空中,月亮離我們很近。
★The population problem may be the greatest one of the world today.
The population problem may be the greatest one of the world today.人口問題可能是當今最大的問題。
Problem 表示“問題”,是一種需要解決的問題。Question 也表示“問題”,是一種需要回答的問題。例如:
This problem is too hard,I can’t solve(解決)it.
這個問題太難了,我解決不了。
Can you answer my question?
你能問答我的問題嗎?
★A UN report says that the world population will pass six billion by the end of the twentieth century.
A UN report says that the world population will pass six billion by the end of the twentieth century.一份聯合國報告說,到二十世紀末,世界人口將達到六十億。
By the end of…表示“到…底為止”。例如:
We have learned eight hundred English words by the end of last week.
到上一星期為止,我們學了八百個英語單詞。
I’ll finish my work by the end of this week.
這一周末,我就完成我的工作。