• crew作主语时的主谓一致问题
  
  crew作主语时的主谓一致问题
  
  ■crew表示飞机或轮船的全体工作人员时，是集合名词。用作主语时，若视为整体，谓语用单数；若考虑其个体，谓语用复数。如：
  The crew is large. 工作人员众多。
  The crew of the plane are ten in all. 这架飞机的机组人员一共10人。
  The crew are paid to do all the work on the ship. 船员被雇佣在船上工作。
  ■若crew受到some of, most of, many of等的修饰，谓语要用复数。如：
  The ship was wrecked, and most of the crew were drowned. 那艘船意外遇难，大部分船员都淹死了。
  ■另外，crew本身通常不用复数，除非是表示不同船或不同飞机的全体工作人员，此时若用作主语，谓语要用复数。

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记忆：
1. gene [ dVi:n ] 音“基因”，n. 基因 The relatives have some similar gene. 亲属们有相似的基因。
2. general [ 5dVenErEl ] n. 将军 adj. 一般的, 普通的, 综合的, 概括的, 大体的 general idea大意；in general一般说来 The general said he needed a general report.将军说他需要一份总的报告。 格言：He is the best general who makes the fewest mistakes.少犯错误就是常胜将军。
3. generate [ 5dVenE7reit ] vt. 产生, 发生 The electricity generated here is conveyed all over the province. 这儿发的电被传送到全省各地。
4. generation [ 7dVenE5reiFEn ] n. 产生, 一代, 一代人 Merits should be passed from generation to generation. 美德应当代代相传。
5. secret [ 5si:krit] n. 秘密, 秘诀, 奥秘 adj. 秘密的, 隐秘的, 幽静的 Well, you can keep a secret, so can I. 好，你能保密，我也能。
6. secretary [ 5sekrEtri] n. 秘书, 书记 We believe under the leadership centered by Mr. Hu Jintao as the general secretary China will have a bright future. 我们相信在以胡锦涛先生为总书记为中心的集体领导下，中国会有一个光明的未来。
7. clerk [ klB:k; klE:k ] n. 职员, 办事员 He works as an ordinary clerk in the office. 他在办公室里担任普通职员。
8. staff [ stB:f ] A group of assistants to a manager, an executive, or another person in authority. n. 棒, 全体职员 I think all my staff is conscientious. 我认为我的全体职员是尽职的。
9. crew [ kru: ] All personnel operating or serving aboard a ship; A group of people working together n. 全体人员 The crew shouted at the sight of the harbor. 一看到港口，全体船员欢叫起来。
另类阅读：
In general, the gene project is no longer a secret one to the modern generation. Not only does the teaching staff in our university know it but also the office clerks, the flight crew even the secretary of the general know something about it.

轻松一刻
A couple walking in the park noticed a young man and woman sitting on a bench, passionately kissing.
"Why don't you do that?" said the wife.
"Honey," replied her husband, "I don't even know that woman!"