Odie的英语课 526 Thing 和 stuff A

521~525 复习vague language 模糊语言vague expressions 模糊表达，模糊词语There are about twenty people at the meeting. 会议大约有二十人。-ish 用在日期、时间、年龄后面，大约，差不多，接近 我们将在7点钟左右开始。We'll start at sevenish.她五十岁上下。She's fiftyish.more or less 或多或少，大约；差不多，几乎；主要，大体We've been living here for more or less five years. 我们住在这儿五年左右。The project is more or less a success. 这个项目大体上是成功的。He more or less admitted he'd done it. 他差不多算是承认是他做的。kind/sort of 有点儿，稍微It's kind/sort of cold in here. 这里有点儿冷。It's kind/sort of bright in here. 这里有点儿亮。I'm kind/sort of jealous. 我有点儿嫉妒。There's kind/sort of something I don't like about her. 她有些地方我不太喜欢。thing 和 stuff两个都非常常用的名词，都可以指东西或事情。thing，可数名词，口语里用得比书面多。stuff，不可数名词，比thing随意，不用于书面语/正式语。thing 东西，物体What's that thing over there?那边的是什么东西？I don't eat sweet things.= I don't eat sweet food).我不吃甜食。请大家和我读三遍What's that thing over there?I don't eat sweet things.thing 事情，想法，事件，行为I have too many things to do.我有太多事情要做。请大家和我读三遍I have too many things to do.thing 人，家伙，东西（人或动物，带有疼爱怜悯的感情）前面第234课<聊天回应：表示同情> 学过（你）真可怜！Poor you! / You poor thing.