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幻灯片14 1. quantities / a large quantity of l.3 : plus [C] or [U] nouns a large number/amount of 天气寒冷时，大部分动物必须摄取大量食物，以获得维持正常身体活动所需的能量。 In cold weather most animals must eat large quantities of food to obtain the energy needed to carry on normal body activities. 2. eat into l.6 : gradually reduce the amount of sth. valuable ; damage or destroy All these car expenses are eating into our savings. Acid 酸 eats into the metal, damaging its surface. 家庭和工作的各种职责耗去了他的时间。 Responsibilities at home and work eat into his time. 幻灯片15 3. multiply l.21 : increase in number or quantity; add a number to itself a particular number of times 由于杂草蔓生，这个花园不久就成了丛林。 The weeds just multiplied, and before long the garden was a jungle. 自从计算器的出现，人们便丧失了在头脑中进行大量乘法运算的技艺。 Multiplying large quantities in one’s head has become a lost art since the arrival of the calculator. 2. fraction l.31 : small part, bit, amount or proportion of sth. 只有少量人口居住在那个边远地区。 Only a small fraction of the population lived in that remote area. 南非的黑人矿工过去所挣的工钱，只有做等量工作的白人矿工所挣工钱的一小部分。 The black miners in South Africa used to earn only a fraction of the wages paid to white miners doing equivalent work. 幻灯片16 4. pour in l.33 : go into a place quickly and in large numbers 许多足球迷涌进体育场，来一睹他们所喜爱的球员。 Many football fans poured into the stadium to have a look at their favorite football players. 5. amount to l.41 : be equal to; add up to 1959年美国进出口额合计达全国国内生产总值的9%。 In 1959 the combined value of U. S. imports and exports amounted to 9 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. 法庭认为，执法官（agent）一方如此的行为可等同于蓄意滥用职权（misconduct）。 The Court held that such conduct on the part of the agent would amount to willful misconduct. 幻灯片17 6. minute [ma?`nju:t] l.41 : very small in size or amount Only a minute amount of money is needed. 研究显示，水中含有微量的铅。 Studies show that water contains minute quantities of lead. 7. abundance l.46 : quantity that is more than enough; plenty followed by of 去牛津的旅游者有大量名胜可看。 The visitor to Oxford has an abundance