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Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Paola in Bolivia about the usage of the words “most” and “almost."
你好！本周《名师答疑》，我们回答来自玻利维亚的宝拉提出的关于most和almost这两个词用法的问题。
Dear teacher, I am having some confusion about the words “most” and “almost.”
亲爱的老师，我对most和almost这两个词有些困惑。
Sometimes they seem like the same to me, and I wish to know how they can be different.
有时在我看来它们是一样的，我希望知道它们有什么不同。
Thank you, Paola.
谢谢你，宝拉。
I’m happy to answer this question, Paola.
我很高兴回答这个问题，保拉。
The word “almost” is an adverb.
almost是一个副词。
The word “most” can be an adjective, adverb, or quantifier.
most可以是形容词、副词或量词。
A quantifier is a word that describes how much of something there is.
量词是描述某物有多少的词。
The words “more,” “some,” and “all” are other examples of quantifiers.
比如，“更多的”“一些”“所有”这些词都是量词。
As a quantifier, “most” simply means a majority of a group or the largest part of something.
作为量词，most表示一个群体中的大多数或某物的最大部分。
However, the phrase “almost all of” means nearly all of something, such as 90 percent or more.
而短语almost all of表示几乎所有的东西，例如90%或更多。
Some English learners have difficulty knowing when to use the preposition “of” with the words “most” or “almost.”
一些英语学习者不知道什么时候介词of要与most或almost一起使用。
We cannot put the preposition “of” directly after the adverb “almost”.
我们不能把介词of直接放在副词almost后面。
Instead, we must use the two words “all of” after “almost” to describe a noun, as in this example:
相反，我们必须在almost后使用all of这两个词来描述一个名词，如下例所示：
Almost all of the children who got sick felt better within 48 hours.
几乎所有生病的孩子在48小时内都感觉好多了。
When we use the word “most” as an adjective, we can simply put a noun directly after it when we are describing something in general, as in this example:
当我们使用most这个词作为形容词时，我们可以直接在它后面加上一个名词，用于描述一般事物，例如：
Most children enjoy playing games.
大多数孩子都喜欢玩游戏。
However, we use the preposition “of” after the adjective “most” when we describe something specific.
然而当我们描述特定的事物时，我们在形容词most后使用介词of。
The following two examples show this:
以下两个例子说明了这一点：
Most of the children in his class enjoy playing this game.
他班上的大多数孩子喜欢玩这个游戏。
Most of his friends live in the city.
他的大多数朋友都住在城市里。
The adverb “almost” means “very nearly or very close.”
副词almost的意思是“非常接近”或“非常近”。
For example, if you have a job to do that takes an hour to finish and you have already worked 55 minutes, you can say: I am almost finished.
例如，如果你有一项工作要做，需要一个小时才能完成，而你已经工作了55分钟，你可以说：我差不多完成了。
As an adverb, the word “most” can describe another adjective, as in this example:
作为副词，most可以描述另一个形容词，例如在这个例子中：
That was the most beautiful sunset I have seen in a long time.
那是我很长时间以来见过的几乎最美丽的日落。
We sometimes use “most” -- without the word “the” -- as an adverb after any form of the verb “be.”
我们有时会在动词be的各种形式后使用副词most，不要the。
The thing I’m most worried about is her health.
我最担心的事情是她的健康。
Note, however, that we also often use the word “the” before “most.”
然而，请注意，我们也经常在most之前使用the。
The thing I’m the most worried about is her health.
我最担心的事情是她的健康。
And that’s Ask a Teacher.
以上就是本期《名师答疑》。
I’m Andrew Smith.
我是安德鲁·史密斯。
