不知大家注意到没有,这段的最后一句话,把many和a连在一起使用了。这是什么道理呢?
其实,这也是表达很多的一种方式,用法是:many a 后接单数名词,在句中作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。比如:
Weve been here many a time.
我们这儿已来过多次。
Many a great idea is brought forward in the meeting about the 2008 Olympic games.
在商议2008年奥运会的会议上,新点子层出不穷。
法国人总把家庭的需求(needs and demands)放在社区、甚至国家的前面。(before those of local community or even those of the state)我不能交税,因为我得养活我叔叔。这种态度在法国早已很普通了。
Support在这里指to provide enough money for someone to pay for all the things they need,也就是养活的意思。比如:
He has a large family to support.
他要抚养一大家人。
战后以来,(since the war)法国人对家庭的忠诚焦点早已从相对的大家庭而稳步缩小,转向了小家庭。(that the focus of loyalty has been steadily narrowed from extended family to the nuclear family)如今的许多年轻夫妇宁肯在周末或夏天(at weekends or in August)和朋友去快乐地旅行,也不愿意回父母家中团聚。(prefer pleasure traveling with couples of friends to reunite with big families)
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