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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