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Unit 5
few, a few, little, a little
等的用法
虽然都表示
“
少
”
，但
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（
1
）
few, a few
是可数的
,
little, a little
是不可数的。
（
2
）
a
few, a little
含肯定意味，
few, litt
le
含否定意味。
这里所谓的
“
肯
定意味
”
和
“
否定意味
”
应该这
样来理解：
同样是半杯水，
口渴者会认为：
There is little water in the glass.
而不口渴的人则会认为：
There is a
little water in the glass.
1
．
few
修
饰可数名词复数。
2
．
few (= not
many; hardly any)
含否定意义；
a few
(= some; several;
a small
number of)
含肯定意义。
3
．
not a few = no few = quite a few = a
good few = many
。
4
．
当
few
受
every, last, past, next, some, very
等词所修饰时，表
示肯定意义，
few
之前不再有冠词。如：
In the last few minutes, he checked up
his paper again.
It took us
some few days to repair the machine.
They are very few in number.
There were too few of them.
He goes to see his grandma
every few weeks.
5
．
在非正式文体中很少见，一般用或代替，如：
Only a few people attended
the meeting.
1
/
5word.
另外，
little / a little
Little remains to be done
about it. (
作主语
)
A little remains to be done.
Please give me a little.
(
作宾语
)
He knows a little of everything.
There is very / but little
time left. (
作定语
)
Don’t worry; you still have a
little
time.
1
．
lit
tle
修饰不可数名词，表示
“
量
”
。
2
．
lit
tle
含否定意义
(
反义词：
much)
；
a little
含肯定意义
(
反义词：
non
e)
。
3
．
在非正
式英语中，一般很少用
little
，常用
not much, only a little
来代替，如：
We haven’t got much money /
time
专项练习
(
) 1. This is a very old
song, so _________ young people know it.
a. few
b. little
c. a few
d. a
little
(
) 2 .
There aren
’
t many oranges
here, but you can take _________ if
you
want to.
a. few
b. a few
c. a
little
d. little
(
) 3. Shanghai Waihuan Tunnel is already
open to traffic, so it will take
us
___________ time to go to Pudong International
Airport.
2
/
5word.