There were hundreds of people there.

　　那里有成百上千的人。

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　　A Did you have a nice walk in Tian’anmen Square?

　　A 你在天安门广场散步愉快吗?

　　B Yes, I did. It’s so big. There were hundreds of people there.

　　B 是的，很愉快。天安门广场那么大。那里有成百上千的人。

　　A You should see it when it’s really busy. During the holidays, like New Year, there are usually thousands of people.

　　A 当它最热闹的时候你应该去看一看。在节假日，比如说新年。在那里有成千上万的人。

　　B It’s such a big space.

　　B 那里的空间如此之大。

　　A Yes. I think it can hold over a million people.

　　A 是的，我想它能容得下100多万人。

　　Notes 注释

　　1 Again with numbers, you can describe large numbers by using hundreds / hundreds, or thousands / thousands, or millions / millions, e.g.: There were hundreds of people in Tian’anmen Square / There were hundreds of people in Tian’anmen Square: There were thousands at the football match / There were thousands at the football match.

　　再来看一下数字的说法，你可以用hundreds / 百, thousands / 千, 或者millions /百万来描述大数字, 例如: There were hundreds of people in Tian’anmen Square / 在天安门广场有成百上千的人: There were thousands at the football match / 有成千上万的人观看足球比赛。

　　2 To emphasise something when you are describing it, you can use so / so before the main descriptive adjective: e.g. It’s so big / It’s so big; It’s so hot / It’s so hot; It’s so cool / It’s so cool; It’s so expensive / It’s so expensive.

　　要强调你所描述的事物，可以在主要的形容词前加so / 太。例如：It’s so big / 它这么大。; It’s so hot / 天太热了; It’s so cool / 天太冷了; It’s so expensive / 这太贵了。

　　Key phrases and sentences 重要的短语和句子

　　Did you have a nice walk? 你散步愉快吗?

　　Yes, I did. 是的，很愉快。

　　It’s so big.There were hundreds of people. 它太大了。那里有成百上千的人。

　　You should see it when it’s really busy. 当它最热闹的时候你应该去看一看。

　　During the holidays, like New Year, there are usually thousands of people. 在节假日，比如说新年。

　　It’s such a big space. 在那里有成千上万的人。

　　I think it can hold over a million people. 那里的空间如此之大。我想它能容得下100多万人。