★We both have too much work to do.

We both have too much work to do.我們兩人都有許多工作要做。

Both 表示“兩個都…”，注意和none,each,either,neither等詞的區(qū)別：none 用于三者或三者以上的范圍，表示“無一”,each 用于三者或三者以上的范圍，表示“每一個”,either用于二者范圍，表示“兩者中的一個”,neither用于二者范圍，表示“兩者中無一”。例如：

Both of us study in the same school.

我們兩人都在一個學校里學習。

I don’t know any of them.

他們我都不認識。

You can take either of them away.

你可以拿走一個。

Neither of the answers is right.

兩個答案沒一個是對的。

★I like writing to my penfriend,but it takes a lot of time.

I like writing to my penfriend,but it takes a lot of time.我喜歡給筆友寫信，但就是要花費好多時間。

Take 表示“花費”，指干某事花費人的時間，和spend 是同義詞，但spend 指得是人花費時間去干某事。兩個的主語一個是人，一個物。例如：

It took five hours for me to find his house.

找它的房子花了我五個小時。

I spend all of my spare time（業(yè)余時間）to do it.

我把所有的業(yè)余時間都用來做這件事。

★There are a lot of sheep down there,…buthardly any people!

There are a lot of sheep down there,…but hardly any people!下面有好多羊，但是很少有人。

Hardly 表示“幾乎不”，是一副詞，常和any 或a 連用。例如：

He is ill and he can hardly walk.

他病了，并且?guī)缀踝卟粍印?/p>

There are hardly any students in the classroom this time.

這個時候教室里幾乎沒有學生。