(2)Now，a large amount of water is polluted.

＝Now，amounts of water are polluted.

现在，大量的水被污染了。

(3)Now a great number of college graduates are seeking to get a high­paid job.

如今很多大学毕业生努力想找一份待遇好的工作。

(4)A great deal of money was donated to a university by an ordinary worker，which aroused public attention.

一位普通的工人向一所大学捐赠了大量的金钱，这引起了公众的关注。

[归纳拓展]

a large amount of大量的

关于"许多；若干"的短语：

＋可数名词复数

＋可数名词单数＋单数谓语动词

＋可数名词复数或不可数名词

＋不可数名词

注意：a large/small amount of后接不可数名词表示"大量/少量的"，作主语时谓语动词用单数；也可以用"amounts of＋不可数名词"表示"大量的"，作主语时谓语动词用复数。

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用所给动词的正确形式填空/单句改错

①Many a famous pop star has_been_ruined(ruin) by drugs.

②Large amounts of money were_spent(spend) on the bridge.

＝A large amount of money was_spent(spend) on the bridge.

③The amount of rain the growth of crops.

2．as well as