跟讀練習: Too much or too many: What’s the difference? - 通過影片學習英語口語

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Do you know how to use too much and too many in English?

What about enough and not enough?

We'll look at these, plus countable and uncountable nouns, and a little quiz towards the end.

Stay tuned!

Welcome to the Coffee Break English show.

I'm Nick.

And my name is Annabelle.

How are you doing, Nick?

I'm really good, yeah.

I'm looking forward to this episode.

How are you?

Yes, I'm also looking forward to this episode, Because you mentioned we are looking at four different things.

Too much, too many, enough and not enough.

Exactly.

So where are we going to start with?

Well, first, before we look at these, I think it's important to look at countable and uncountable nouns.

So too much and too many, we use these to show that something is more than enough

or it's more than we want but too much is with uncountable nouns.

An uncountable noun is a noun that is not possible to put a number in front of.

So usually liquids, so we can't say one water,

we say some water or coffee or with ideas that we can't count, so information.

Okay, I was going to say information.

Yeah, or it could be something like advice.

So these are not possible to count.

We can't say one advice, two advices.

Whereas with too many, we use that with countable nouns.

So we can count them.

Yeah, exactly.

One cup of coffee, two people, three computers.

Okay, I see it.

Okay.

So let's have a closer look at too many.

Yeah.

So, with too many, we can use this to say that the quantity of the noun is too much.

I watch too many videos of cats doing funny things, for example.

Okay, so it's like too many videos.

Videos is countable because we can count one video, two videos, three videos.

And that's why we are using too many videos.

Exactly.

Absolutely.

And with the uncountable nouns, we have too much.

So I can say I spend too much time on the internet looking at videos of cats.

Okay.

In this time, we are using time, which is uncountable, and then we are using too much.

Exactly.

So then too much and too many, both have the same meaning, but it's about the noun that we are using after them.

Exactly.

And we have to be careful here because what we're saying here is it's a negative idea.

Okay.

So we put two in front here to show that this is not a good thing.

Okay.

But if we want to be positive, we could use so.

We can say so much or so many.

I understand.

There is a way that we can use two with adjectives as well.

So with two plus adjective, we could say, for example, for me, cats are too entertaining.

It's a problem for me.

Okay, so we have to entertaining, entertaining being the adjective.

And because it's an adjective, we are not using too much, like much or many.

Exactly.

We just need to plus adjective.

So just to recap, is to plus adjective,

too much plus an uncountable noun and too many plus a countable noun.

Exactly.

Perfect.

So let's move on to enough and not enough.

With enough, we're saying that something is the correct quantity.

It's sufficient for what we need.

Okay.

And an example is there's enough light in this studio.

Yeah.

So it's the correct amount of light.

People, if you're watching, you can see us.

Excellent.

And here with enough or not enough, do we need to know if the noun is countable or uncountable?

With enough, it's not important.

But we do need to be careful with the verb

because we can focus too much on the quantifier and not on the verb.

We still need to pay attention to whether it's countable or uncountable for the choice of the verb be, for example.

So it's, there is enough light.

Exactly.

And there are enough mugs of coffee on the table. For us.

Excellent.

And imagine that today I have a headache and I really need a nap.

So, I could say there is too much light in this room.

Exactly.

Yeah.

You need less light in the room for you.

Okay.

And let's look at a not enough then.

So, not enough is to show that the.. quantity is below what we need.

So we want more.

Yeah, exactly.

So it's like the opposite of enough.

Enough is correct quantity and not enough is below that correct quantity.

I understand.

So we could say you didn't get enough sleep.

Yes.

Well, I hope that this lesson is clear enough.

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Oh, wait a minute.

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There, you haven't used a noun.

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You said clear enough.

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Yeah.

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So, you are using an adjective.

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Exactly.

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So, here we have adjective and enough.

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We have to be a little careful with that.

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In this case, we've got clear enough, so the adjective always comes before enough, whereas when we talk about nouns,

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enough comes before the countable or the uncountable noun.

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Okay.

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So, it's enough plus a noun and adjective enough.

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Yeah.

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Excellent.

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Do you have some practice?

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Yeah, I think that is enough for the explanation.

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We can have a look at the quiz.

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I'm going to give you some sentences and with a space.

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I want you from the context to tell me which of the quantifiers is best for this sentence.

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Okay, so we are using too much, too many, enough, not enough.

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Exactly.

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Perfect.

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And you'll hear a little noise there when there's the time to put that word in.

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Perfect.

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And before we start, remember that you can pause your video if you're listening so that you can play along with this.

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Okay.

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Perfect.

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So, number one, she put salt in the soup and now it tastes terrible.

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Okay, so it tastes terrible so I think that is too

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and it's too much because it's salt and salt is uncountable

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so too much salt absolutely exactly now perfect

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so number two there are spaces in the car for all of us we will take two cars okay

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so we need two cars so not enough so there are not enough spaces Exactly, yeah.

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We have four spaces and five people, for example.

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Um, okay.

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Number three.

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I have books in my bag.

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It's so heavy.

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Hmm.

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Okay.

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Well, here I love reading.

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I will say I don't have enough books, like not enough books, but it's too heavy, so I'm guessing it's too many books,

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because books is a countable noun.

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Great.

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Absolutely.

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Yeah.

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In this case, we don't want a bad bag.

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Yes. But having...

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You can never have too many books.

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Exactly.

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Okay.

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Number four.

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Yeah.

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You can stay for dinner.

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There is food for everyone.

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So there's food for everyone, so there is enough food.

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Yeah, exactly.

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Absolutely.

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Okay, great.

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So that's a bit of a warm up.

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Now for a quick fire quiz.

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Okay, yes, I'm ready.

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So I'll give you a sentence and I want you to tell me if you think it's too much, too many, enough, not enough.

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Okay.

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First one, five cups of coffee in a day.

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Well, I personally don't like coffee.

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So to me it's too many cups or too much coffee.

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Great.

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And both options work well here.

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For me, sometimes I need five cups, so it's enough.

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Okay.

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Especially on a Monday.

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Enough coffee, enough cups of coffee.

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Yeah.

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And again, both are okay.

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Perfect.

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Great.

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Number two.

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Eight hours of sleep in a night.

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I would say it's enough, but if I'm very tired, it's not enough.

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Yeah, for me, I would say that eight hours of sleep, it's enough.

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I don't often get it.

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I don't get enough sleep, I think.

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I only get six or seven hours.

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Okay, yeah.

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And if someone doesn't need to sleep eight hours, then it's too many hours of sleep or too much sleep?

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Here we're talking about sleep, so maybe it's better to say too much sleep.

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Okay, I see.

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Okay, last one.

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Going for a 100 kilometre run.

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Okay, that's too much.

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Yes, I think for me, it's also, it's too far.

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Maybe a 10 kilometre run is my limit at the moment.

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Okay, I think that's enough exercise on that topic, don't you?

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Well, I think it was like more than enough.

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Thank you very much for the practice and also for the explanations.

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But before we finish, shall we do like a quick recap?

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Yeah, absolutely.

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So there's a lot of information here.

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So let's go through that.

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So we have.

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countable nouns, we can put a number in front of a countable noun, uncountable nouns, we can't.

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Okay.

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We have too much for uncountable nouns,

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too many for countable nouns, and they mean it's.. the quantity is more than we want.

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And then we have two plus an adjective.

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Exactly.

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And two plus an adjective gives this a negative idea that there's too much of that adjective.

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Yeah.

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Then we have enough, enough we put before countable and uncountable nouns and we put after adjectives.

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And the meaning is correct amount.

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And we have not enough, which means below the correct amount.

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That we need more, we want more.

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Exactly.

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Great.

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So, thank you very much for today, Annabel.

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No, thank you for the practice and the explanation.

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Yeah.

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I really hope it has been clear enough.

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More than enough.

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Great, that's fantastic.

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And if you do want more practice with much and many, check out this video here where we give a bit more of an explanation of how to use them.

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And if you would like to read a written version of this episode, don't forget to check our blog article on this.

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The link is in the description.

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Thanks very much for joining me today, Annabel.

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Thank you for the activities and also for the explanations.

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And thank you as well to be like learning with me, the listeners, and also if you are watching.

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So thank you.

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Happy coffee breaking.

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You have been listening to a Coffee Break Languages production for the Radiolingua Network.

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本課的詞彙與口語要點

這段影片共有 233 個句子、1720 個單詞可供跟讀。講話部分時長為 11:51。說話人語速平穩，每分鐘約 145 個詞，很適合跟讀。 88% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，詞彙容易理解。

影片中的重點詞彙

影片中 15 個值得學習的單詞，附發音和釋義：

單詞	發音	釋義
noun 名詞	/naʊn/	名詞 /名詞
quantity 名詞	/ˈkwɑn(t)ɪti/	數量 /數量, 量
explanation 名詞	/ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/	解釋 /解釋, 說明 /說明
quiz 名詞	/kwɪz/	測驗 /測驗, 競猜 /競猜
verb 名詞	/vɝb/	動詞 /動詞
whereas	/(h)wɛɹˈæz/	然而
copyright 名詞	/ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/	版權 /版權
topic 名詞	/ˈtɑpɪk/	主題 /主題, 話題 /話題
lesson 名詞	/ˈlɛs.ən/	課業 /課業, -課 /-課
liquid 名詞	/ˈlɪk.wɪd/	液體 /液體, 液態 /液態
tune 名詞	/tjuːn/	曲調 /曲調, 曲子
soup 名詞	/sup/	湯 /湯
pause 名詞	/pɔːz/	停頓 /停頓, 暫停 /暫停
headache 名詞	/ˈhɛdeɪk/	頭疼 /頭疼, 頭痛 /頭痛
listener 名詞	/ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/	傾聽者 /傾聽者, 聽者 /聽者

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞	發音	釋義
look forward to 動詞		期待, 嚮往
check out 動詞		退房
go through 動詞		通過 /通過
warm up 動詞	/ˌwɔː(ɹ)m ˈʌp/	暖和（起來） /暖和（起來）

影片中的語法

說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：

結構	影片中的用法
定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物	time, which is · enough, which means
現在進行時 am/is/are + -ing — 此刻或近期正在發生的事	are you doing · I'm looking · I'm also looking
義務：must / have to / need to 表示某事是必要的	have to be · have to entertaining · need to plus
“will” 表將來 will + 動詞 — 決定、承諾或預測	We'll look · you'll hear · will take

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 31 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 I'm, don't, can't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, sufficient /səˈfɪʃənt/
長單詞——注意重音位置: explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/, quantifier /ˈkwɑn.tɪ.faɪ.ɚ/

如何用這段影片練習

先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
用正常速度逐句跟讀，每句重複到你的節奏與說話人一致為止。
錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 noun, quantity, explanation 這類單詞。

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本課的詞彙與口語要點

影片中的重點詞彙

影片中出現的短語動詞

影片中的語法

需要注意的發音

如何用這段影片練習

什麼是跟讀法？