(3)询问某国某地有多少人口
(4)整体人口(the population of...)作主语时,谓语动词用单数;部分人口(表示"人口的百分之几、几分之几")作主语时,谓语动词用复数。
①Japan has a population of nearly 130 million.
日本有近1.3亿人口。
②The population of Jiangsu has grown(grow)to more than twice what it was in 1949.
现在江苏的人口已经比1949年增长了两倍多。
③About seventy percent of the population in China are(be) farmers.中国70%的人口是农民。
④Do you know how large the population of your city is? 你知道你们市的人口是多少吗?
[温馨提示] population可用large或small来修饰。
divide into把......(划)分成......
(教材P65)The Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms.中国的农历把一年分为24个节气。
divide...into... 把......分成
divide...among/between 在......之间分配......
divide...in half/two/halves 把......分成两部分
①The man divided the food into halves and carefully placed one before his wife.这个男人把食物分成两份并小心翼翼地把一份放在妻子面前。
②After his death his property was divided(divide)among his children.
他死后,他的财产就由他的孩子们平分。
③As is known to us, a year is divided into four seasons.众所周知,一年分为四个季节。
(1)add to 增加;增添
(2)add up 把......加起来
(3)add up to 合计达