(12).当表示时间/距离/度量衡等的名词或短语作主语时.常被看作一个整体Twenty years is a long time.Ten miles isn't a long distance.Five thousand dollars is more than he can afford.(13)“学科名/书刊名/戏剧名报纸名/国家名/机构名等”作主语时Politics is now taught in all schools."The Arabian Nights" is an interesting story bookNew York Times has a wide circulation.The united states is a capitalist countryThe United Nations plays an important role in theinternational affairs
⑿.当表示时间/距离/度量衡等的名词或短语作主语时,常 被看作一个整体 Twenty years is a long time. Ten miles isn’t a long distance. Five thousand dollars is more than he can afford. ⒀.“学科名/书刊名/戏剧名/报纸名/国家名/机构名等”作 主语时 Politics is now taught in all schools. “The Arabian Nights” is an interesting story book. New York Times has a wide circulation. The united states is a capitalist country. The United Nations plays an important role in the international affairs
★(14)名词所有格之后的名词被省略的情况一般指商店公共建筑物、住宅等，作主语时，动词一般用单数。The doctor's is on this side of the street.My uncle's is notfar from here.常见的有：thebaker's，thebarbers（商店）my aunt's,the Johnson's（住宅）St.Paul's（公共建筑物）
★⒁.名词所有格之后的名词被省略的情况一般指商店、 公共建筑物、住宅等，作主语时，动词一般用单数。 The doctor’s is on this side of the street. My uncle’s is not far from here. 常见的有：the baker’s, the barber’s（商店） my aunt’s, the Johnson’s（住宅） St. Paul’s（公共建筑物）