Daily Wisdom
To do great work a man must be very idle as well as very industrious.
— Samuel Bubler
要从事伟大的工作，一个人必须既非常勤劳又非常空闲。
——塞缪尔·勃特勒
Agreement
1. 谓语动词需用单数的几种情况
(1) 主语是动名词、不定式短语以及主语从句构成。
Driving cars is not easy.
What I gave him is five books.
(2) 主语是一个抽象概念，如information, knowledge, traffic, behavior等，及有
些集合名词如equipment, furniture等。
His general knowledge is very wide.
(3) 有些名词如news, 及以-s结尾表示学科的名词，如mathematics, politics,
physics, economics等。
The news is inspiring.
(4) 主语是单数，尽管后面跟有with, together with, as well as, like, but, except,
along with, no less than等。
Tom, like all boys, likes cars very much.
(5) “many a, more one”修饰的词作主语。
Many a man thinks it is right.
(6) and连接两个并列主语是同一个人或同一物。
My teacher and friend helps me with my problems.
(7) 表示时间、金钱、重量、体积等名词作主语（作为整体来看）。
Two hours is the limit of the test.
(8) either或neither作主语或修饰主语。
Neither of them is good student.
(9) every, each修饰主语时，不论后面有几个名词。All 指物时谓语用单数。
2. 谓语动词需用复数的几种情况
(1) 有些集合名词如people, folk, youth, police等作主语时，形式上虽然是单
数，但意义上却是复数。
(2) 两部分物体构成的名词作主语。如glasses, scissors, gloves, trousers, shoes等
My glasses are broken.
(3) 用and连接两个不同的人或物
Both his father and his mother are teachers.
3. 从意思上确定谓语动词的单复数
(1) 有些集合名词，如audience, club, committee, company, team等，从意思上
看，代表一个整体就用单数，如果代表全体成员就用复数。
(2) number修饰主语时
The number of pages of this book is twenty.
(3) The+形容词（或分词）：如指一类人，用复数，如指个人或抽象概念，用
单数。
The beautiful is not about the same as the good.
4. 取决于邻近名词的单复数（就近原则）
(1) 当两个或两个以上的主语用or, nor, not only…but also, either…or, neither…
nor.
Neither the clerks or the manager knows anything about the accident now.
(2) 主语由there或here引导，且主语不止一个时，动词的数由紧挨的名词的数来定。
There is an apple and two pears on the desk..
5. 定语从句中的主谓一致问题
(1) 谓语动词是单数还是复数取决于先行词。
Tom is one of the students who are good at English.
(2) 当one前有 “the only”等限定词和修饰语时，定语从句的谓语动词要用单数。
Tom is the only one of the students who is good at English.
Listening & Speaking Practice
1. Watch the advertisement of Boss.
2. Enjoy the song El Condor Pasa.
