第8章 主谓一致句型
句型97:cattle类集体名词作主语时的主谓一致
例句:The cattle are gazing in the field.
【★】:牛在田野里吃草。
【句型点拨】:某些具有生命意义的集体名词作主语时,谓语动词通常用复数形式。这些名词常见的有cattle, chorus, clergy, elite, folk, force, gentry, militia, people, police, poultry等。
The chorus were very good, weren't they 这个合唱团演唱得很不错,不是吗?**
The clergy are opposed to the plan.
★牧师们反对该计划。
Only the elite were there.
★那里只是些名流人物。
The poultry are being fed.
★所有的家禽正在吃饲料。
The police are after the thieves.
★警察在追踪窃贼。
Ever since the crime the police force have been seeking the murderer of Captain Trevelyan.
★自案发起警方就在追寻谋杀特里维廉上尉的人。
The gentry were departing to pleasanter places, where they spent their money without having to see how it was made.
★绅士们纷纷奔向适意的地方,在那里他们可以挥霍金钱,而看不到金钱的来处。
The militia are all out drilling for the National Day parade.
★民兵们都出来操练,准备参加国庆游行。
The nobility are the people who have titles, such as dukes, earls, lords, etc.
★贵族就是指那些有头衔的人,如公爵、伯爵、勋爵等。
The peasantry of this unhappy country have been much more than slaves.
★这不幸的国家的农民从不比奴隶好多少。
The police are on the trail of new evidence which they hope will help solve the case.
★警察正在寻求旁证,希望能有助于该案的处理。
句型98:audience类集体名词作主语时的主谓一致
例句:The audience was enormous.
【★】:观众人很多。
【句型点拨】:某些具有生命意义的集体名词作主语时,如被看作一个整体,谓语动词就用单数形式;如被看成组成该集体的一个个成员,则谓语动词就用复数形式。这些名词常见的有army, foot, audience, gang, band, board, government, group, cabinet, choir, class, jury, club, management, committee, company, council, party, crew, crowd, public, enemy, staff, family, team等。
The audience were greatly moved at the words.
★听了这话听众们都很感动。
His family are music lovers.
★他的家人都是音乐爱好者。
The youth need to have ambition and dream.
★青年人需要具有雄心和梦想。
Only a minority of people love their work.
★只有少数人热爱自己的工作。
The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives.
★大多数人看到的是障碍;极少数人看到的是目标。
That huge flock of birds is/are coming this way.
★那一大群鸟正朝这边飞来。
The public is/are requested not to litter in the park.
★请公众不要在公园里乱扔东西。
The football team are having baths.
★足球队员们正在洗澡。
The press are in the other office, waiting for a statement.
★记者们在办公室外间等着声明的发表。
The press is a social force.
★新闻舆论是一种社会力量。
句型99:poetry类集体名词作主语时的主谓一致
例句:Our warm clothing protects us against the cold.
【★】:我们的冬衣保护我们抵挡寒冷。
【句型点拨】:某些非生命意义的集体名词,表示的是某种类别东西的总称。它们作主语时,谓语动词往往用单数形式,但不能与不定冠词连用。这些名词常见的有clothing, luggage, crockery, equipment, machinery, poetry, furniture等。
The equipment of the task force was costly and time-consuming.
★装备那支特遣部队花了很多财力和时间。
The luggage is very heavy.
★行李很重。
The machinery is driven by electricity.
★这些机器由电作为动力。
The best merchandise is in the store in town.
★城里最好的商品在这家商店。
Poetry does not translate easily.
★诗歌不容易翻译。
句型100:以-ics结尾的学科名词作主语时的主谓一致
例句:Physics was the only course he failed in.
【★】:物理学是他唯一不及格的课程。
【句型点拨】:当主语是以-ics结尾的“学科”名词时,谓语动词往往是单数形式。常见的此类学科名词有politics, mathematics, acoustics, statistics, electronics, linguistics, physics, optics, economics等。但是,当这些名词表示实际的该学科的内容时,谓语动词则用复数形式,此时,该名词前常有人称代词所有格或定冠词限定。
Statistics is a subject that is difficult to learn.
★统计学是一门很难学的课。
Economics is her major.
★经济学是她的主修课程。
Acoustics is taught in some colleges.
★有些大学里讲声学课程。
Acrobatics is hard to learn but beautiful to watch.
★杂技不易学但很好看。
Economics is a subject beyond the scope of a small child's mind.
★经济学不是小孩的智力能了解的学科。
Linguistics is a relatively new science.
★语言学相对说来是一门新的科学。
Mathematics is well taught in that school.
★那所学校数学教得好。
Economics have greatly improved in the country.
★这个国家的经济状况已经大大改善了。
Athletics include all kinds of sports, as running, rowing, boxing, etc.
★运动包括各种竞技,如赛跑、划船、拳击等。
Statistics show that the number of housewives who work parttime has increased in the last few years in the U S.
★据统计,最近几年,美国家庭主妇兼职工作的人数已经增加了。
句型101:以-s结尾的疾病名词作主语时的主谓一致
例句:Indeed, they say, AIDS is spread primarily by carriers who are not ill.
【★】:他们说艾滋病实际上最初是由健康人传播的。
【句型点拨】:主语是某些以-S结尾的疾病名词时,谓语动词一般用单数形式。常用的此类词有AIDS, mumps(腮腺炎),piles(痔疮),arthritis(关节炎),mulligrubs(腹痛)等。
Mumps is a children's disease, and is fairly rare in adults.
★腮腺炎是一种儿童疾病,在成年人中少见。
Hives is a skin disease with red patches and itching.
★荨麻疹是一种搔痒、呈红斑的皮肤病。
句型102:以-s结尾的游戏名词作主语时的主谓一致
例句:Billiards is a good indoor game.
【★】:桌球是一种有益的户内游戏。
【句型点拨】:主语是某些以-S结尾的表示游戏名词时,谓语动词一般用单数形式。常用的此类词有billiards(桌球),bowl(滚木球游戏),eckers(西洋跳棋),quoits(掷环套游戏)等。
Bowls fills a vacancy in U.S. sports. It can be played by persons of middle age or past.
★滚木球游戏在美国娱乐活动中填补了一项空白。它适宜于中老年人玩。
Dominoes is played with 28 flat, oblong pieces of bone or wood.
★西洋骨牌是用28块扁平而长方形的骨制或木制的牌来玩的一种牌戏。
Quoits is often played with horse-shoes.
★玩掷环套游戏常用马蹄形圈环。
Billiards is becoming more and more popular in China.
★台球在中国越来越普及。
句型103:gloves类名词作主语时的主谓一致
例句:Calipers are instruments which are used to measure the dimensions of small metal objects.
【★】:两脚规是用来量小金属体尺寸的仪器。
【句型点拨】:有些名词由两部分组成,它们常以复数形式出现,当这些词作主语时,谓语动词应用复数形式。这类名词常见的有bellows(手拉风箱),gloves,bells,goggles,irons,manacles,overalls,scales,dividers,scissors,shorts,shoes,slacks,slippers,glasses,flares,drawers,plusfours,pajamas,socks,tights,stacks,stockings,trousers等。
The binoculars are in that leather case.
★双筒望远镜在那皮箱子里。
Where are my spectacles I can't find them.
★我的眼睛在哪儿?我找不到了。
These stockings were seconds and have some slight defects.
★这些长筒袜是次等的,因为稍有微疵。
My socks have been darned again and again.
★我的袜子已经一补再补。
Your trousers are torn. You had better change them.
★你的裤子破了,你最好换一换。
Heedless slippers were stepping on the stones.
★无跟的拖鞋在石头上拍拍作响。
句型104:-ings类名词作主语时的主谓一致
例句:The clippings of the hedges are usually burnt.
【★】:剪下的树篱通常都烧掉了。
【句型点拨】:以-ings形式结尾的名词作主语时,谓语动词通常用复数形式。这类名词常见的有belongings,savings,bookings,shavings,clippings,sightings,diggings,surroundings,doings,earnings,sweepings,takings,tidings,findings,lodgings,fillings等。
Bookings are obtainable from travel agents.
★订票可从旅行代理人那里买到。
The first sightings were reported nearly 20 years ago.
★最初的发现早在近20年前就被报告上来了。
Her sufferings are dreadful; she deserves anybody's pity.
★她的痛苦真是不得了;每个人都应该给她以怜悯。
His writings have been produced in the intervals of a busy life.
★他的作品是百忙中抽空写成的。
句型105:表示度、量、衡的名词作主语时的主谓一致
例句:Seven feet is an abnormal height for a person.
【★】:一个人7英尺高是异常的高度。
【句型点拨】:如果主语是数词加表示长度、时间、距离、价值等的名词,尽管是复数形式,但常被看成一个整体,所以谓语动词一般须用单数形式。如果把这些词看成一个个的个体,谓语动词可用复数。
Ten years is only a moment in history.
★10年在历史上只是一瞬间。
Two miles is as far as they can walk.
★他们只能走两英里远。
A hundred dollars is a small sum of money.
★ 100美元是一小笔钱。
Four copies is enough.
★4册就够了。
Sixty people means a huge party.
★ 60个人是一大帮。
Two full houses in Mexico is testament to the enduring loyalty of Franks' audience.
★在墨西哥的两场演出爆满证明了弗兰克斯的观众对他永久的拥戴。
The past four weeks have been the driest in the country's history.
★过去的4周是这个国家历史上最干旱的时期。
Twenty five years have passed since then: nearly ten thousand days.
★那是25年前,距今将近一万天的事了。
Those three minutes were the worst I ever spent.
★那3分钟是我度过的最糟糕的时间。
句型106:the N1+N2结构作主语时的主谓一致
例句:The poet and writer has come.
【★】:那位诗人兼作家来了。
【句型点拨】:如果and连接的两个单数(个别为复数)名词所指的是同一个概念,同一个人或同一个物时,谓语动词要用单数形式。此时,并列名词前往往有一个定冠词。
Our secretary and treasurer is coming.
★我们的秘书兼会计来了。
The Premier and Foreign Minister was present at the state banquet.
★总理兼外长出席了国宴。
The girl and winner is jumping with joy.
★那位获胜的女孩正高兴地跳着。
The secretary and principal of the school was present at the meeting.
★该校的书记兼校长出席了会议。
His lawyer and former college friend was with him on his trip to Europe.
★他的律师——他以前大学时代的朋友陪他去欧洲旅行。
Mary and John at the same bridge table is unthinkable.
★玛丽和约翰在同一张桥牌桌上玩真不可思议。
A good master and a bad servant is fire.
★好主人碰上坏仆人就会失火。
The husband and wife is very honest.
★夫妻俩很诚实。
Father and mother is man and wife; man and wife is one fresh.
★父母是夫妻,夫妻是一体。
Bread and butter is a daily food in the west.
★抹黄油的面包是西方人每天的食物。
句型107:no+N1+no+N2结构作主语时的主谓一致
例句:No teacher and no student was absent.
【★】:没有一个教师缺席,也没有一个学生缺席。
【句型点拨】:and连接的几个单数名词作主语时,如果主语前有no,every或each等词修饰,谓语动词必须用单数;and连接的两个单数名词,其中一个词前有not时,谓语动词也用单数;当and连接的是两个短语或分句作主语时,谓语动词通常用复数。
Each book and each paper is found in its place.
★每本书、每份文件各在其位。
Each boy and each girl in this class studies very hard.
★这个班的每个男孩和女孩学习都很努力。
Every man and woman is admitted into the society.
★每一个男的和女的都被吸收加入了那个协会。
No bus and no taxi is available here is small hours.
★这里半夜后一两点钟没有公共汽车,也没有出租汽车。
Every man and (every) woman in this village is a faithful supporter of the economic reform.
★这个村每一个男女村民都是经济改革的忠实支持者。
No teacher and no student has heard a word about what has happened.
★老师和学生一点儿都没有听说发生的事。
句型108:all of+N结构作主语时的主谓一致
例句:Half of the students are boys.
【★】:学生中有一半是男孩子。
【句型点拨】:all,most,any,half,plenty,enough,some,the rest,the remainder,a lot,mass,heap,lots,heaps,loads,masses,piles,tons等词出现在“of+名词”前,构成的词组作句子主语时,如果of后面的部分为复数形式,句子谓语动词用复数;如果of后面所接名词为单数或不可数名词,句子谓语动词用单数。
The rest of the lecture is dull.
★演讲的其余部分是枯燥的。
The rest of the bicycles are sale today.
★今天出售剩余的自行车。
When enough of the tree is chopped away, the tree falls.
★如果一棵树砍去的部分足够多,树就倒了。
A heap of difficulties were pressing him.
★成堆的难题使他感到压力沉重。
A mass of information has been revealed.
★大量的情报已经被泄露了。
A mass of books are arranged in the bookshelves.
★书架上摆着大量的书。
The mass of people in the country are Christian.
★那个国家的大部分人是基督教徒。
Lots of damage was caused by the fire.
★火灾造成了巨大损失。
Lots of people were present at the meeting.
★许多人出席了这个会议。
Almost half of the building was damaged during the earth quake.
★几乎一半楼房在地震中毁坏。
Is there any of that cake left?
★ 那蛋糕还有剩的吗?
Most of the members were present.
★大多数成员都出席了。
There are plenty of men out of work.
★有许多人没有工作。
Masses of cards were sent on his birthday.
★他生日那天人们寄去了大量贺卡。
Masses of food was left over.
★大量的食物没吃完剩了下来。
Piles of work is waiting to be done.
★有大量的工作等着要做。
There was lots of money in the safe.
★保险柜里有许多钱。
Most of the land is planted to cabbages than to tomatoes.
★种白菜的地比种西红柿的多。
句型109:neither A nor B结构作主语时的主谓一致
例句:Either he or I am to attend the students' meeting.
【★】:不是他就是我要去参加学生会议。
【句型点拨】:连词or,not... but...,either... or,neither... nor,not only... but (also)连接起来的词组作句子主语时,主谓一致通常采取就近一致原则。
A technical manual or samples are distributed free at the exhibition.
★展览会上,技术手册或样品免费分发。
The only lack or limitation is in your own mind.
★唯一的匮乏或局限在于你自己的思想。
Either fans or an air-conditioner is necessary for this laboratory.
★对实验室来说,电扇和空调是必要的。
Either your choices or your character determines your destiny.
★选择或者是性格决定命运。
Neither riches nor leisure ensures your happiness.
★财富或者休闲都不能确保幸福。
Neither George nor Henry has come yet.
★乔治和亨利都还没来。
Not only the teacher but also his students object to the change.
★不但老师反对,学生也反对这一改变。
Not only the students but also their teacher objects to the change.
★不但学生反对,老师也反对这一改变。
If either David or Janet comes, they will want a drink.
★如果是戴维或珍妮特来的话,他们要喝酒的。
I sent letters of invitation to Jane and Mary, but neither Jane nor Mary has replied.
★我寄了封邀请函给简和玛丽,但是她们都没有回信。
Not you but I am responsible for what has happened.
★不是你而是我该对发生的事负责。
句型110:动名词、不定式和从句作主语时的主谓一致
例句:Setting goals is the first step in achieving success.
【★】:确立目标是取得成功的第一步。
【句型点拨】:动名词、不定式、介词词组或从句作主语时,谓语动词一般用单数形式。
To see one time is better than to hear a hundred times.
★百闻不如一见。
To open a book brings profit.
★开卷有益。
Being a trustworthy person helps you with other people.
★做一个值得信赖的人有助于和别人交往。
Reading/ To read widely is essential to language learning.
★大量阅读对语言学习十分重要。
Selling insurance is a pretty boring job.
★推销保险单是件令人厌烦的工作。
Having a goal is a state of happiness.
★拥有目标就是一种幸福的状态。
That they were wrong in these matters is now clear to us.
★他们在这些事情上的错误,现在对我们大家来说已经很清楚了。
Whether she comes or not doesn't concern me.
★她是否来与我没什么关系。
How the advanced worker managed to raise production is of interest to us all.
★这位先进工人究竟是怎样提高生产的,我们大家对此很感兴趣。
Who is to head the delegation is still open to question.
★谁当代表团团长仍然是悬而未决的问题。
句型111:what引导的名词性从句作主语时的主谓一致
例句:What I should like most for a birthday present is a camera.
【★】:我最渴望的生日礼物是一架照相机。
【句型点拨】:what引导的名词性从句作主语时,其后的谓语动词(多数是be的某种形式),应按语法一致原则,采取单数形式。如果作表语的名词词组是复数形式时,主句谓语动词可以使用复数。
What we need is an enthusiastic but calm state of mind and intense but orderly work.
★我们所需要的是热烈而镇定地情绪、紧张而有秩序的工作。
What caused the accident is a complete mystery.
★事故是由什么引起的完全是个谜。
What makes each division different are a few simple things—time, place, tradition, and leadership.
★使得各个区域有所不同的是这样几个简单的因素:时间、地点位置、风俗习惯和领导人物。
What we badly need here are competent teachers.
★我们这里急需的是合格的教师。
What was real to him were the details of his life.
★对他来说真实的是生活的细节。
What the air contained were carbon monoxide gas and prussic gas.
★空气中所含的成份是一氧化碳气体和氢氰气体。
What appear to be large windows in the second story are glass heat collectors.
★二楼看起来像大窗口的东西是玻璃集热器。
What are often regarded as poisonous fungi are sometimes safely edible.
★ 常常被认为有毒的菌有时是安全可食的。
句型112:“one of+名词词组+定语从句”类句子的主谓一致
例句:This is one of the rooms that were damaged in the fire.
【★】:这就是那次大火中烧毁的房间之一。
【句型点拨】:one of这种结构中,定语从句谓语动词的数,应由它所修饰的先行词的数来决定。至于先行词是one,还是名词复数,则无定则,由意义一致原则来判定。如果one之前有the,only,mere(ly),very等修饰,从句中谓语动词应与one保持一致,用单数形式。
One of our weaknesses is the habit of trying to reap before we have sown.
★我们的一个弱点就是还没有播种就想收获。
This is one of the most interesting questions that have been asked.
★这是所问到的最有趣的问题之一。
He is one of those persons who always think they are right.
★他是那种总认为自己是正确的人之一。
This is one of the largest power plants that supply electrical energy for a great city with six million inhabitants.
★这是能为600万人口的大城市供电的大型电厂之一。
Mr Smith is one of those men who have witnessed the accidents.
★史密斯先生是这次事故的目击者之一。
This is the one of the books on the subject that has even been written in Chinese.
★这是关于这个问题用中文写的唯一的书。
She is only one of the few girls of my acquaintances that is acquainted with the old poet.
★她是我认识的极少数的女子中与那老诗人相识的唯一一个。
She is the only one of the girls who shows special aptitude in singing and dancing.
★她是这些女孩子中唯一在歌舞方面有特长的人。
句型113:number等名词作主语时的主谓一致
例句:A number of books are missing from the library.
【★】:图书馆里有一些书不见了。
【句型点拨】:number,variety,average,total等作主语时,如果前面有不定冠词,谓语动词用复数;如果有定冠词,谓语动词用单数。当number前有形容词比较级或最高级修饰,谓语动词可用复数。
A number of people were left behind.
★很多人被远远地抛在后面了。
A large number of boxes were broken.
★很多盒子被摔破了。
A number of students are from the south.
★一些学生来自南方。
There are variety of goods on sale in the shop.
★在那个商店里,各种各样的商品在出售。
The number of students from the north is small.
★来自北方的学生不多。
The variety of goods on sale in that shop is surprising.
★那个商店的商品品种多得惊人。
The greater number of them are vilely housed.
★他们大多数是通过卑鄙手段得到房子的。
句型114:“the+形容词”作主语时的主谓一致
例句:The poor were looked down upon in the old days.
【★】:旧社会穷人受歧视。
【句型点拨】:the+名词化形容词表示一类人,作主语时,句子谓语动词使用复数形式。如果不表示人,而是指抽象概念或某种特征,此时,句子谓语动词使用单数。这类词常用的有the able-bodied,the injured,the aged,the living,the lost,the blind,the lame,the brave,the needy,the condemned,the old,the dead,the oppressed,the deceased,the poor,the disabled,the privileged,the deaf,the rich,the dumb,the strong,the down-trodden,the sick,the underprivileged,the exploited,the unemployed,the happy,the wise,the hungry,the weak,the ignorant,the young,the innocent,the wounded,the laughed at,the taught,the white,the accused,the incredible,the bereaved,the new,the evil,the betrothed,the unknown,the comfortable,the bad,the beautiful,the deserted,the false,the infirm,the impossible,the married,the inevitable等。
The sick have been cured and the lost have been found.
★病人得到了医治,失踪人员也已找回来了。
The innocent are often deceived by the unscrupulous.
★天真的人常为奸诈之徒所欺骗。
In Korea the old are honored and respected by the young.
★在韩国,老年人收受到青年人的尊敬和重视。
The unknown is always something to be feared.
★未知的东西总是一种令人害怕的东西。
We can do the difficult first. The impossible takes a little longer.
★我们先从难题开始,不会的可能花的时间长一些。
The beautiful lives forever.
★美是永存的。
The unknown has to be explored.
★未知的事物尚待进一步探索。
句型115:A with B类结构作主语时的主谓一致
例句:The pilot as well as two of the passengers has miraculously escaped death.
【★】:飞行员及两名乘客奇迹般地死里逃生。
【句型点拨】:A with B作主语时,谓语动词与A保持人称和数的一致。用于该句型的介词除了with外,常见的还有together with,along with,like,in addition to,as well as,as much as,rather than,more than,no less than,except等。
Some of the works, as well as the manager, were working during the holidays.
★一些工人和经理一样在假日工作。
Man, no less than the lower forms of life, is the product of the evolution.
★人类和其他较低形式的生命一样也是进化过程的产物。
No one except two servants was late for dinner.
★除了两个佣人外,没有人晚宴迟到。
Doctor Smith, together with his wife and two sons, is to arrive on the evening flight.
★史密斯博士及其夫人和两个儿子将乘晚班飞机抵达。
An expert, together with some assistants, was sent to help in this work.
★一位专家和几位助手被派去协助这项工作。
Mr Robbison accompanied by several members of the committee has proposed some changes of the rules.
★罗宾逊先生同几位委员一起提出了对那些章程作些修改。
An iron and steel works, with several satellite factories, is being built in that city.
★在那个城市正在修建一座钢铁厂和几家卫星工厂。
No one but myself knows anything about it.
★除了我之外没有人知道此事。
John, together with his wife, was at the party.
★约翰和他的妻子参加了晚会。
The teacher as well as your classmates has come to see you off.
★老师还有同学来为你送行了。
A technician, together with some young workers, is working on the design.
★技术员正在和一些青年工人搞设计。
句型116:many a或more than one所修饰的名词作主语时的主谓一致
例句:Many a plant and many an animal has been divided into classes.
【★】:许多动物和植物都被分了类。
【句型点拨】:many a或more than one所修饰的名词作主语时,谓语动词使用单数形式。如果more than one后又出现了其他修饰语如hundred,thousand等,谓语动词使用复数形式。
Many a man has tried it before.
★那件事好多人以前都试过。
More than one person has noticed her agitation.
★不止一个人觉察到她不安的情况。
Many a man has sacrificed him for the cause of the revolution.
★许多人为了革命牺牲了自己的生命。
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
★笑谈之中有至理。
Many a one says well that thinks ill.
★许多人口蜜腹剑。
Many a boy has lost his heart to Louise.
★许多男孩爱上了路易丝。
More than one case has been noted.
★已记下了不止一个案件。
More than one recent writer has drawn a comparison between Lord Nuffield and Caunegie.
★不止一位近代作家曾将纳菲尔德勋爵和卡内奇做了比较。
More than one pilot was killed in the air raid.
★这次空袭中死掉的飞行员可不止一个。
More than one thousand graduates have responded to the Party's call and gone to work in the border regions.
★一千多毕业生响应党的号召,到边疆工作去了。
句型117:分数或百分数+of词组作主语时的主谓一致
例句:Three-fourths of the earth's surface is covered with sea.
【★】:地球表面四分之三是海洋。
【句型点拨】:分数或百分数+of词组作主语时,谓语动词的单复数取决于of后名词的数。
Three-fourths of the students have passed the end-of-term English examination.
★四分之三的学生通过了期末英语考试。
Ten percent of his monthly income is spent on books.
★他每月收入的百分之十花在买书上。
Ten percent of the papers are written in English.
★有百分之十的论文是用英语写的。
About one third of the books are worth reading.
★大约三分之一的书值得一读。
About 20% of the students were absent from the meeting.
★大约百分之二十的学生没有参加这个会议。
Only 30% of the work was done yesterday.
★昨天只完成了30%的工作。
Over sixty percent of the city was destroyed during the war.
★这座城市的60%毁于战火。
A third of the students in this class are girls.
★这个班三分之一的学生是女孩。
One tenth of the population of Egypt is Christian.
★埃及人口的十分之一是基督教徒。
It is said that 35 percent of the doctors are women.
★据说35%的医生是女的。
句型118:kind等名词作主语时的主谓一致
例句:Different kinds of vegetables grow in our garden.
【★】:我们家的菜园里种植着各种各样的蔬菜。
【句型点拨】:由kind,form,portion,series,species等词作主语时,谓语形式取决于这些词的单复数,而不是of后面所跟的名词。
This species of shark is already in peril of extinction.
★这种鲨鱼已经濒临灭绝。
There are more than two hundred and fifty species of shark in the world.
★世界上鲨鱼种类达250种以上。
That sort of behavior is out of place here.
★那种行为在这里是不合适的。
Those kinds of fish are caught with special tackle.
★这几种鱼是用特别的渔具钓的。
Some kinds of food lump when they are cooked.
★有些食物一经烹煮即成块状。