1、1. Be famous for 因而出名 例:New York is famous for its high buildings.纽约因高楼大厦而出名。He is famous for his novels. 他因他的小说而出名。Be famous as作为 而出名 Hangzhou is famous as a tourist city. 作为旅游城市,杭州很出名。Lu Xun was famous as a writer. 鲁迅是著名的作家(作为作家,鲁迅很出名)2. Be familiar with=know sth well sb. be familiar with sth 某人对某
2、物很熟悉例:They are familiar with computer. 他们精通电脑。(sth) be familiar to sb.(某物)对某人而言很熟悉例:This subject is familiar to us. 这个课题对我们而言很熟悉(我们很熟悉这个课题)the number of /a number of 辨析这两个词组不同之处,就在于其前的冠词上。 1)the number of 表示“的数量”。作主语的中心词时,谓语动词用单数形式,后常跟 large, small 等词作表语。如: The number of the students is very large in our school. 我们学校的学生数量非常大。 The number of the students in our school is2000.我校的学生人数是两千。 2)a number of 表示“ 若干的;许多的”。起修饰作用,相当于 many 或a lot of,number 前可以加 small, large 词来表示程度。A number of+复数可数名词作主语时,其谓语动词用复数形式。如: A number of the students are playing football. 许多学生在踢足球。