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1.A group of international aid, religious and other groups is calling for debt cancellation for Nepal.
call for要求
Dawkins ends his discussion with a call for liberation.
道金斯以呼吁解放结束了他的论述。
2.The United Nations says eight million people, more than one fourth of the country's population, has been affected by the disaster.
one fourth分数的表示
分数在英语中通常是借助于表达的。其中基数词表示分子，序数词表示分母。
如：
1)The centimeter is one-tenth of the decimeter or one-hundredth of the meter．厘米是分米的十分之一，或者说是米的百分之一。
2)However，the number of boys will bea third or less than the girls in the class．但是，班里男生的人数将比女生少三分之一或更少。
从以上例子可以看出：分子除用one外，也可用a；如果分子大于1，分母要用复数形式。但是，1／2不能说a（one）second，而要说a（one）half。例如：
3)The sum of one half，one third and number is 13.某数的1／2，1／3和1／4的和是13。
1／4和3／4可以说a（one）fourth和three fourths，但常用a quarter和three quarters表示。应该注意的是，分数修饰名词时，若该名词是不可数名词只能用单数；若是可数名词，用单数或复数均可。但是，若它们在句子中作主语，则谓语动词是用单数还是复数取决于名词，即与分数所修饰的名词保持一致。例如：
4)Only one-fifth of air consists of oxygen．氧气只占空气的1／5。
5)About two thirds of the students attendthe meeting．大约2／3的学生都参加了会议。
带分数也是常见的英语数词表达。所谓带分数，实际上是“整数＋分数”，表达时分而述之，只是整数部分与分数部分要用连词 and连接。当带分数修饰名词时，该名词通常是复数，但若名词置于整数one或a之后，则用单数。“带分数＋名词”作主语时，要用复数。例如：
6)You should finish the work within one and a fourth hours．你应在1．25小时内完成工作。
7)The atom breaks up in a minute and a quarter．原子在1．25分钟内裂变。
3.The group, a non-governmental organization, or NGO, says Nepal owes a total of $3.8 billion to foreign creditors including the World Bank and the Asian Development bank.
a total of总数为
Rude taxi drivers clocked up a total of 239 offences in 1990.
1990年，出租车司机鲁莽驾驶导致的违章事件总共达239起。
4.He says that means the money that would have gone to repayment goes to the most vulnerable citizens, rather than to tax breaks for companies or to support the military.
rather than而不是
Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.
比赛形势决定了他们要打防守战而不是进攻战。
