Hi， I＇m Dan from BBC Learning English
嗨，我是BBC英語學習欄目的Dan
and today I＇m going to talk to you about
今天我將告訴你
person and persons， people and peoples.
單詞 person、 persons、 peoplepeoples和的區別。
A person is a human man， woman， or child.
我們用 person來表示一個男人、女人或小孩。
It is a singular countable noun.
它是一個單數可數名詞。
There was one person at the door.
門邊有一個人。
The plural of person is people.
單詞 people的複數形式是people.
It refers to a group or a number of human beings.
它表示一群人或許多人。
It is a plural countable noun.
它是一個複數可數名詞。
There were three people at the door.
門邊有三個人。
So how about persons？
那麼 persons是什麼意思呢？
Persons is a plural countable noun.
單詞 persons是一個複數可數名詞。
It＇s similar to people，
它和 people類似，
but it＇s considered more polite and more formal.
但是 persons更加正式、有禮貌。
It＇s most often seen written down.
它常見於書面體中。
This lift can hold a maximum of 15 persons.
這部電梯最多可承載15人。
And peoples？
那麼 peoples呢？
Peoples is the countable plural form of people
單詞 peoples是people的可數複數形式
and comes from the other meaning of people.
來源於 people的另外一個意思。
People can mean nation.
單詞 people也可以表示民族。
The Aztecs were a people that lived in the
Americas.
阿茲特克人是生活在美洲的一個民族。
Or，there are many peoples living on the Earth.
或者世界上有許多民族。
They are all human -so far.
他們都是人類——到目前為止。