c. Is this another of your silly jokes? 这是不是你又一个愚蠢的笑话？
Is this another of your schemes to make money? 这是不是你赚钱的另一个计划？
Saying is one thing and doing another. 说是一回事，做是另一回事。
5.7.8 one, several
1) one可以用作定语（也可称为限定词），表示“一个”：
One flower makes no garland. （谚）一朵花不能编成花环。
One thing I'm sure of. 有一点我是肯定的。
He can't tell one tree from another. 他不会分辨树木。
The journey takes one hour. 路上要走一个钟头。
还可以和表示时间的名词连用：
One night there flew over the city a little swallow. 一天夜晚一只小燕子从城市上空飞过。
You'll regret it one day. 总有一天你会懊悔的。
One afternoon he went out with Arthus. 一天下午他和阿瑟一起外出。
One morning she was called to the headmaster's office. 一天早上她被叫到校长办公室去了。
有时还可表示“唯一的”
He's the one man who can do it. 他是唯一能做这事的人。
It was her one great sorrow. 这是她唯一感到至为伤心的事。
She was the one bright ray in his narrow gloomy life. 她是他狭小而阴郁的生活圈子中唯一的一道亮光。
Her one fault appeared to be that she was too quiet. 她唯一的缺点似乎是过于沉默寡言。
2) one可以用作主语（a）、宾语或介词宾语（b）或表语（c），表示“一个（人）”：
a. One of the three boys won a scholarship. 三个男生有一个获得奖学金。
Only one of them was invited. 他们中只有一个人受到邀请。
There were three coaches and one was black. 有三名教练，一个是黑人。
b. The twins are so alike that it's hard to tell one from the other. 这对孪生姐妹长得那样相像，很难把一个和另一个区分开来。
It's one for all and all for one. 这就是我为人人，人人为我。
Let me have one. 给我一个。
c. Perhaps you're one of the luckiest ones. 或许你是幸运者中的一个。
She's a quiet one. 她是个文静的女子。
还可用来泛指一般人（a），或用来代替刚提到的一个可数的东西（b）：
a. One could see that he was very upset. 我们可以看出他很难过。
How is one to interpret his action? 人们该怎样解释他的行为呢？
One has to do one's best. 人总要尽力而为。
One can't work all the time. 你不能总是工作。
b. I haven't got a pen. Can you lend me one? 我没带钢笔，你能借我一支吗？
The question was a complicated one. 这是一个复杂的问题。
Your plan is a nice one on paper. 你的计划在纸上是不错的。
And the big fish continues to devour the little ones. 大鱼继续吃小鱼。
还可和一代词或形容词连用：
Which one do you mean? 你指哪一个？
I mean this (that) one. 我指这（那）一个。
Can you show me a better one? 你可否拿一个更好的给我看？
I want larger ones, not small ones. 我不要小的，我要大些的。
3) several可作定语， 表示“几个”：
Several boys were injured. 有几个小伙子受伤了。
I've read it several times. 我看了好几遍。
My friend speaks several languages. 我的朋友能讲几种语言。
We received several replies to our inquiry. 我们的询问收到了几份回答。
还可作主语（a）或宾语（b）：
a. Several of us decided to walk home. 我们中有几个人决定步行回家。
Several (of them) were broken. （它们）有几个破了。
Several of the apples are rotten, and several more have worm holes. 有几个苹果烂了，还有几个有虫眼。
There are several here that I don't know. 这儿有几个人我不认识。
b. I already have several. 我已经有几个了。
He invited several of his friends to the show. 他邀请了几个朋友去观看演出。
We managed to recover several of the missing articles. 我们设法找回了几件丢失的东西。
If you are looking for a photo of Alice, you'll find several in here. 如果你是在找艾丽丝的照片，这里面你会找到几张。
6.1 基 数 词
6.1.1 基数词构成法
1) 基数词（Cardinal Numerals）指表示数目的词。下面是最基本的基数词，其他数目都由这些基数词构成：
2) 基数词构成法：
除了上表列出的词外,其他基数词构成的方法如下：
a. 21—99： 先说“几十”，再说“几”，中间要加连字号：
39 thirty-nine 52 fifty-two
83 eighty-three 91 ninety-one
b. 101—999： 先说“几百”，再加and，再加末尾两位数或末位数：
375 three hundred and seventy-five
582 five hundred and eighty-two
819 eight hundred and nineteen
902 nine hundred and two
c. 1，000以上的词：
先从后向前数，每三位数加一个逗号，用这个方法把数目分作若干段，再一段段地念；第一个逗号前的数为thousand，第二个逗号前的数为million，第三个逗号前的数为billion，例如：
4,007 four thousand and seven
8,021 eight thousand and twenty-one
13,849 thirteen thousand, eight hundred and forty-nine
631,562 six hundred and thirty-one thousand, five hundred and
sixty-two
54,256,000 fifty-four million, two hundred and fifty-six thousand
970,000,000 nine hundred and seventy million
14,800,000,000 fourteen billion eight hundred million
2,000,000,000,000 two trillion （两万亿）
在这类数词中，hundred, thousand, million, billion等词都用单数形式。
6.1.2 基数词在句中的作用
1) 基数词在句中主要用作：
a. 定语：
The river is about eighty miles long. 这条河大约八十英里长。
Over 4,650,000 workers were involved in the strikes. 有四百六十五万多工人参加了这些罢工。
b. 主语：
There were millions of blooms. 有数以百万计的花。
Two of the girls are from California. 姑娘中有两个来自加州。
Three will be enough. 三个就够了。
c. 宾语或介词宾语：
I read four of her novels. 我看了她写的四本小说。
"How many workers do they employ?" "Over two hundred, I think."“他们雇佣了多少工人？”“我想有两百多吧。”
The city has a population of three million. 这座城市有三百万人口。
d. 表语：
He was a little over five. 他才五岁多一点。
Its population is nearly two million. 它的人口接近两百万。
I'm fourteen and she's twelve. 我十四岁,她十二岁。
e. 同位语：
You two take these seats. 你们两人坐这里。
Have you got tickets for us three? 有我们三个人的票吗？
2) 基数词还可用于复数形式， 表示很大的数量：
The boat cost hundreds of pounds. 这条船花了几百英镑。
Thousands of people attended the meeting. 数千人参加了这次会议。
Millions (of people) are at risk from the disease. 数以百万计的人受到这种疾病的威胁。
Tens of thousands of buffaloes used to roam the prairie. 草原上过去有数以万计的野牛。
Thousands upon thousands of scallops appear off Long Island in the fall.秋天长岛附近的海滩上会出现数以万计的扇贝。
They arrived in twos and threes. 他们三三两两地来了。
3) 某些基数词的复数形式可以用在“in the (one's)—”结构中，表示：
a. 年岁：
He was a thinnish fellow in his forties. 他是个偏瘦的人,有四十多岁了。
She is in her early (late) twenties. 她现在二十一二（八九）岁。
He died in his fifties. 他五十多岁时死了。
b. 年代：
This took place in the 1950's. 这事发生在（二十世纪）五十年代。
He was working abroad in the 70's. 七十年代他在国外工作。
4) 一些数学公式的读法如下：
7＋4＝11 Seven plus four is eleven.
12－5＝7 Twelve minus five is seven.
6×8＝48 Six times eight (Six multiplied by eight) is forty-eight.
24÷6＝4 Twenty-four divided by six is four.
a > b a is more than b.
a < b a is less than b.
a ≈ b a approximately equals b.
a ≠ b a is not equal to b.
6.2 序 数 词
6.2.1 序数词表示法
1) 序数词（Ordinal Numerals）是表示数目顺序的,和最基础的基数词相对应的序数词如下：
a. 除“第一”、“第二”、“第三”之外，其他序数词都以在基数词后加词尾th构成，其中有些词（见上表中的黑体部分）在拼法上有少许变化，如：
fifth eighth ninth twelfth twentieth等
b. 两位数的词，只需把个位数变为序数词：
第二十二 twenty-second 第三十一 thirty-first
第七十八 seventy-eighth 第九十三 ninety-third
c. 三位以上的词，只把最后的两位数变为序数词：
第一百五十 one hundred and fiftieth
第九百九十九 nine hundred and ninety-ninth
此外，first， second等词常缩写为1st， 2nd， 3rd， 20th， 21st等。
6.2.2 序数词在句中的作用
1) 序数词在句中可用作：
a. 定语（多和the或物主代词一道用）：
We live on the fifth floor. 我们住五楼。
Is this your first visit to Beijing? 这是你第一次访问北京吗？
Tom is their second son. 汤姆是他们的二儿子。
We gave a party to celebrate her twentieth birthday. 我们举行晚会来庆祝她二十岁的生日。
There was a ceremony to mark the hundredth anniversary of his birth. 为纪念他诞生一百周年举行了一个仪式。
b. 表语：
They were the first to taste hardships. 他们吃苦在前。
You are the second to make that mistake. 你是第二个犯这种错误的人。
Who was the third? 谁是第三名？
c. 主语：
First went to the American team. 美国队获得第一名。
The first (one) was no good, the second was even worse. 第一个不行，第二个更糟。
The third of the month was a holiday. 这月三号是个休假日。
d. 宾语或介词宾语：
I was among the first to learn of this. 我是第一批知道这件事的人。
She is arriving on the second of June. 她将于六月二日到达。
She got a third in biology. 她生物学得了一个丙级分（不及格分）。
2) 序数词的一些其他用法：
a. 序数词还可和a连用，表示“再一个”、“又一次”等：
She could not go through that a second time. 她不能再次经受那种事。
He's getting married a third time. 他将第三次结婚。
A second swan flew down. Then a third and a fourth. 又一只天鹅飞了下来，接着是第三只，第四只。
b. 表示日期：
May 1st 五月一日 March 8th 三月八日 April 22nd 四月二十二日
c. 用在许多短语中：
I thought that performance thind-rate. 我认为那场演出是三流的。
We got four first-places in the sports meet. 运动会我们得了四个第一名。
He went second-class on the train to New York. 他坐二等车去纽约。
I bought a second-hand car. 我买了一辆二手车（旧车）。
3) 用基数词表示顺序的办法：
在很多情况下我们可以用基数词表示顺序：
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