Lesson 4 Car Culture

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要点一览：

主要词汇 highway, construction, pavement, crossroads, amount, physical, figure, centigrade, addicted, admit, occupy, somehow, whichever, suit 主要短语 go up, on average, get struck in, be compared to, be related to, carry on, make excuses, give up

要点详解:

1．amount n.

(1). A quantity of 数量，数额

We' ve had an enormous of help from people.

我们得到了人们大力帮助。

(2). A sum of money 金额

The insurance company will refund any amount due to you.

保险公司将赔偿你得到的所有款项。

注意：amount 在a large amount of, large amounts of 结构中，只可修饰不可数名词，large amounts of 修饰不可数名词作主语时，谓语动词的单复数形式取决于amounts

Large amounts of money have been used in the Project Hope.

2. figure n.

(1). A number representing a particular amount 数量

By 1998, this figure had risen to 14 million.

到1998年为止，这个数字已高达1400万。

(2). A person of a particular type 人物，人士

He was once one of the leading figures in the music industry.

他曾经是音乐界一位重要人物之一。

(3). The shape of a human body 身材，体型