台灣人講英文超愛把 information、advice、furniture 這類字加 s,但它們是不可數名詞,永遠不變複數。這篇用 Chloe 搬新家被 Brian 笑著糾正的對話,教你分清 much/many、a lot of、a piece of 的用法,下次講英文不再露餡。
▶ 完整逐字稿、重點單字、句型:
https://mjenglishclass.com/daily-english/en-uncountable-nouns
💬 你是不是也曾經脫口而出 "informations" 或 "advices"?
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🗣️ 情境對話 Dialogue
場景:Chloe 剛搬進新公寓,Brian 陪她喝咖啡聊近況,她講什麼都想加 s,被 Brian 笑著一一糾正。
Chloe: I just moved into my new apartment — I need to buy some furnitures.
(我剛搬進新公寓,需要買一些傢俱(furniture)。)
Brian: Furniture doesn't take an s — it's always singular, even for a lot of it.
(傢俱這個字不加 s,就算要買很多件也一樣,永遠是單數。)
Chloe: Really? I also need some advices on where to shop cheap.
(真的假的?我也需要一些建議(advice),哪裡買比較便宜。)
Brian: Advice is the same — no s, but you can say "a piece of advice."
(advice 也一樣不加 s,但你可以說「a piece of advice」,一個建議。)
Chloe: Okay, one piece of advice then — where's a good cheap store?
(好,那先給我一個建議——哪裡有便宜好買的店?)
Brian: Try IKEA — their furniture is affordable and pretty easy to build.
(去 IKEA 吧,他們的傢俱很平價,也很好組裝。)
Chloe: Good idea. Also, my new job gave me too many homeworks for training.
(好主意。對了,我新工作的訓練還出了一堆功課(homework)。)
Brian: Homework's uncountable too — just say "too much homework," not "many."
(homework 也是不可數,要說「too much homework」,不能講 many。)
Chloe: Ugh, English hates plurals. I don't have many money for shopping anyway.
(唉,英文的複數規則有夠煩。而且我現在也沒剩多少錢(money)能逛街。)
Brian: Say "not much money" or "a lot of money" — never "many money."
(要說「not much money」或「a lot of money」,千萬別說「many money」。)
Chloe: So no s, no "a," and no "many" for these words?
(所以這種字不能加 s、不能加 a,也不能用 many?)
Brian: Exactly. Use much, some, or a lot of instead — those always work.
(沒錯。改用 much、some 或 a lot of,這幾個都安全。)
Chloe: Got it. Thanks for all the advice — I mean, all this advice!
(懂了。謝謝你給我一堆建議——真的超多的啦!)
Brian: Now you're getting it. Let's go furniture shopping this weekend.
(你現在抓到訣竅了。這週末一起去買傢俱吧。)
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📚 重點單字
information/ˌɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/——資訊,不可數,不加 s,一則消息可說 a piece of information
advice/ədˈvaɪs/——建議,不可數,一個建議要說 a piece of advice,不能說 an advice
furniture/ˈfɝː.nɪ.tʃɚ/——傢俱,不可數,就算好幾件也不加 s,單件用 a piece of furniture
news/nuːz/——新聞、消息,字尾雖有 s,文法上卻是單數不可數,動詞要用 is
homework/ˈhoʊm.wɝːk/——功課、作業,不可數,要說 too much homework,不能說 homeworks
luggage/ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/——行李,不可數,一件行李要說 a piece of luggage
equipment/ɪˈkwɪp.mənt/——設備、器材,不可數,就算好多台機器也不加 s
money/ˈmʌn.i/——錢,不可數,別說 many money,要說 much money 或 a lot of money
bread/brɛd/——麵包,不可數,一條用 a loaf of bread,一片用 a slice of bread
staff/stæf/——員工、職員(集合名詞),整體不加 s,指某個人要說 a staff member
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💡 重點句型 Sentence Patterns
不可數名詞不加 s,也不用 a/an → 規則核心
例:I need some information, not "informations."(我需要一些資訊,不是 informations。)
a piece of / a bit of / a slice of → 幫不可數名詞算「一份」
例:Here's a piece of advice for you.(給你一個建議。)
much(不可數)vs many(可數)→ 別再 many money、many homework
例:I don't have much time today.(我今天沒有很多時間。)
some / any + 不可數名詞 → 肯定用 some、疑問否定用 any
例:Can you give me some advice?(可以給我一些建議嗎?)
a lot of → 可數不可數都安全的萬用量詞
例:I have a lot of homework this week.(我這禮拜功課很多。)
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🚦 下次這樣說 Next Time
① 跟朋友要建議
❌ Can you give me some advices?
✅ Can you give me some advice? / a piece of advice
② 搬新家買傢俱
❌ I need to buy some furnitures.
✅ I need to buy some furniture. / a few pieces of furniture
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