下面這種用法容易讓人困惑，與漢語思維模式差異較大，因此在這里討論一下。

1. This month's China-focused issue, which showcases designer clothes from the

autumn-winter collections, is?a whopping 700 pages.

本月這一期雜志主要面向中國讀者，因刊登了秋冬系列時裝圖片，結果竟達到了驚人的

700 頁之厚。

2.?An estimated 2,000 locals work?on the tuna boats and hundreds more in

processing plants.

估計有 2000 名當?shù)厝嗽诮饦岕~捕撈船上工作，另有數(shù)百人在加工廠工作。

3.?An estimated 114 million workers?in China now?are?migrants, and roughly 15%

work on construction sites throughout the country, usually far from their home

villages.

據(jù)估計，中國現(xiàn)在有 1.14 億流動人口，其中大約有 15%在全國各地的建筑工地上做工，

這些工地離他們的家鄉(xiāng)通常都很遙遠。

4.?An estimated 20 billion hot dogs are?eaten in the United States each year!

據(jù)估計在美國，每年有 200 億只熱狗被吃掉。

5.?An estimated US$ 2 billion?is harvested annually in the region.

該地區(qū)的金槍魚年捕撈量估計價值有 20 億美元。

詞 匯 積 累

1. audit n 審計；查賬

audit office. 審計署。

2. auspices pl

under (the) auspices of 由…主辦或贊助。

3. author n 作者

a. the author of a well-known book on violin –playing.

這位作者寫了一本著名的關于小提琴演奏的書。

b. If destruction is to be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and its finisher.

如果我們注定要毀滅的話，毀滅的過程必須由我們自己開始，自己終結。

4. authority n 權威；權利；當局；提供可靠資料或證據(jù)的書籍等

a. He must have some authority then about medical matters.

他在醫(yī)學上一定有些權威。

b.The ultimate authority is Bible. 最后的依據(jù)是《圣經》。

c. safety authorities. 安全局。

d.You have authority to do that. 你有權那樣做。

5. authorship n 寫作生涯

He rests from the labours of authorship. 他停止著述，開始休息了。