【电子书+有声书+电影】英语里也有量词!跟Harry Potter学地道表达!

看老外学量词是不是很好笑?其实英文里也有量词,较真起来也能分分钟让你崩溃。比如一群鸟你要说“a flock of birds”,但是一群象你得说“a herd of elephants”,而一群狼叫“a pack of wolves”。

碰到这类词,你是没有地方讲理的,所以别问为什么,慢慢积累就是了。今天和大家分享Harry Potter第二册Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets里面出现的一些量词表达。学会这些,你的英语分分钟变高级哦。

a lump of cheese

一块奶酪

“Eat quickly! The Masons will be here soon!” snapped Aunt Petunia, pointing to two slices of bread and a lump of cheese on the kitchen table.(p10)

a wad of envelopes/money

一沓信/钱

Stepping nimbly out of Harry’s reach, he pulled a thick wad of envelopes from the inside of the pillowcase he was wearing. (p18)

a pack of cards

一副牌

Harry stepped over a pack of Self-Shuffling playing cards on the floor and looked out of the tiny window. (p40)

a pinch of powder/salt

一撮粉末/盐

Trying hard to bear all this in mind, Harry took a pinch of Floo powder and walked to the edge of the fire. (p48)

a surge of anger

一股怒气

Harry felt a hot surge of anger.(P51)

a coil of rope

一卷绳子

Draco paused to examine a long coil of hangman’s rope and to read, smirking, the card propped on a magnificent necklace of opals, Caution: Do Not Touch. Cursed — Has Claimed the Lives of Nineteen Muggle Owners to Date. (P52)

a puff of smoke

一缕烟

A short, irritable-looking man was dancing around taking photographs

with a large black camera that emitted puffs of purple smoke with every blinding flash. (P59)

a stack of books

一摞书

Ginny went scarlet as Ron and Hermione fought their way over, both clutching stacks of Lockhart’s books.  (p61)

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