慢速英语:Everyday Grammar: Unusual Plurals

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1. It’s easy to understand that farmers would not worry about making plurals when they talk about sheep.

worry about 担忧， 烦恼; 惦念
例句：You have nothing to worry about.
你就没啥好担心的。

2. English came from German roots.

come from 源自; 来自某处; 出生于
例句：Where did you come from?
你从哪冒出来的？

3. German grammar changes the vowel sound in the middle of the word to show it is plural.

in the middle of 在…的中间
例句：Why else would anyone be up here in the middle of a storm?
那谁会在这样的暴雨之夜起身到这儿来?

4. We’ll look at those in another episode of Everyday Grammar.

look at 看; 审视; 评判
例句：Look at your son!
看看你的儿子吧！