#雅思#
“少量”“少許”得表達
在之前得文章里我們給大家梳理了一些有關“許多”“大量”得表達。
在雅思口語中，我們在描述數量時，除了“多”，還有很多時候會需要描述“少量”“少許”，而很多小伙伴專家也還停留在“a few””a small number/amount of”上。還是那句話，并不是說這幾個“少量，少許”得表達不好，而是在口語考試中，如果有多處需要進行描述時，我們還是希望專業避免重復。在今天得文章中，我們就一起來積累、學習使用一些其他“少量，少許”得表達。同樣地，每個表達下會附一些適用于雅思口語考試相關話題得例句，希望大家能通過這些例句學會使用這些表達。
meagre
meagre: 少量得，不足得（a meagre amount of food, money etc is too small and is much less than you need） 。通過英文釋義，大家專業看到，meagre一詞在形容少量、不足時，通常是指金錢或食物得數量。
在雅思口語中，我們在討論農業相關得問題時，專家會提到畢業生不愿意選擇農民這個職業，很大原因是他們覺的農民得收入很少。
In this day and age, new graduates are reluctant to work as a farmer. To them, farming means long hours of hard labour but a meagre income.
再比如，我們描述官網早餐吃的比較少時：
I do have breakfast every morning, but just a meagre meal of bread and cheese.
而在討論到城市問題時，專家會涉及城市得房價過高，因而越來越多人選擇在大城市工作，但在小城市、鄉下購置購房得現象：
In the eyes of Chinese people, property has long been seen as a safe form of savings, but the unattainable housing in metropolises is painful for most wage-earners. As a result, they choose to buy a property in a small town where they can at least turn meagre savings into a home.
a handful of
a handful of：少許，少量得（a very small number of people or things）。其實看hand，大家應該就能猜到，handful得量應該不會多，畢竟一只手能握住得“量”比較有限。
在當季雅思口語中有關“Jewellery”得話題中，我們在描述官網擁有得這類物品比較少時：
I just have a handful of earrings. I don’t wear them very often.
而在描述受歡迎得運動場所時，我們也專業用到這個表達：
This place is hugely popular with local residents. If you go there in the evening or on weekends, you’ll see hordes of people exercising or chilling out there. I normally go there in the early morning when only a handful of retirees are there, practising Tachi or something.
再比如在T-shirts這個話題里問到“是否會買T-shirts作為紀念物”：
In fact, I bought a handful of silk shirts when I spent my holiday in Krabi, a beautiful coastal town in Thailand.
再比如我們描述去餐廳吃飯得場景：
It was Saturday night. We thought the restaurant would be teeming with diners, but to our surprise, when we arrived, there were just a handful of people.
a sprinkling of
a sprinkling of：零星，少量（a small amount of something, especially scattered over an area）。這個表達專業用來形容事物，也專業用來描述人數“很少”。
比如在描述不同尋常得一餐時：
It’s like no other noodles. They even add a sprinkling of Rousong, also known as meat floss, to the surface.
再比如討論在網上尋求他人建議時：
Admittedly, when you post a question online, you’ll soon receive many responses, But honestly speaking, you’ll probably get only a sprinkling of useful ones.
當我們在Part2中描述人物，對其外貌進行描述時：
She’s got fair skin with a sprinkling of freckles on her cheeks.
在討論男性女性職業發展得不平衡時：
Women are still underrepresented in most industries, with only a sprinkling of them making it to the top.
a (tiny) sliver of
a tiny sliver of: 一小片，一點點，一丁點兒。sliver一詞原本是指從某個大塊物上切割下來得一片，但a (tiny) sliver of常被用來形容“很少，一點點”。
比如在最近New York Times中有關韓G流行音樂發展得報道中就用到了這個表達：
While the genre has fans in almost every corner of the world, the sales of K-pop’s biggest labels account for a tiny sliver of the global music market.
再比如雅思口語Part2讓我們描述官網在家里喜歡得放松地方時：
My favourite spot is always the balcony. My apartment gives me an excellent view of the city because I live quite high up. When the weather is nice, I enjoy sitting on the balcony and reading while sipping a coffee. When the sun is blazing, I’ll pull back the curtains so that only a sliver of sunlight streams in.
