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Hi there, students. In English, do we say "a two-week holiday" or "a two-weeks holiday"? Ok. Notice the first one "a two-week holiday" is correct. But then we can also say "the holiday lasted two weeks", "I had a two-week holiday". So notice when we have this construction "noun noun", the first noun in that construction doesn't take a "s". Let me give you some more exampleSo "two-hour English lesson", the hour doesn't take a "s". Here, the noun "hour" is acting like adjective describing the lesson, yeah. Let me give you some more examples. "A two-player game", not "a two-players game", a two-player game, yeah. For example, in English, if you said "I have a two-ride car", you wouldn't say "a two-rides car", because adjectives don't take "s" . So in this case, the noun of the noun-noun construction, a two-hour lesson is acting like an adjective, therefore nos. "I have a two-hour English lesson", not a two-hours English lesson, "a two-hour English lesson".  "s". But the lesson lasts two hours, yes, s, because it's acting as a noun. Ok, let's look at some more things. Yeah, a multi-use tool, not a multi-uses tool, a multi-use tool. Notice, the use, many, a tool with many uses, a multi-use, this tool has multiple uses, but it is a multiple-use tool, a use, here, a multiple-use tool, the use is a noun but acting as an adjective in the noun-noun construction. Ok. A three-mile walk, a distance, not a three-miles walk, a three-mile walk. A two-seat sofa, a sofa with two seats, but a two-seat sofa. Ok. So something to remember, when you have a noun-noun construction, (don't make the descriptive noun comes before the second noun, the last noun, don't make it plural, no ("s"s??). A two-hour lesson, a three-mile walk, a two-player game. Ok. So anyway, if you enjoy this video, give it a rating; subscribe to my channel, and I will see you soon. Bye for now.

各位！在英語裡，我們是否有“a two-week holiday”這種講法？或者“a two weeks holiday”?注意，第一種講法“a two-week holiday”是正確的。我們也可以說，“假期一共有兩個星期­”。“我休了一個兩個星期的假期”。注意，當我們用名連接加名詞­這種結構時，此結構中的第一個不帶s。我再給大家舉一些例子。“­我上了一堂兩個小時的英語課程”，不是“a two hours English lesson”,是“a two-hour English lesson”。這裡，hour不帶s,它起到類似形容詞的作用­，用來修飾lesson。我給大家舉多一些例子。“a two-player game”，不能說“a two-players game”。比如，英語裡，你說“我有一架two-ride car”，你不可以說“I have a two rides car”，因為形容詞不可以帶s。在本例中，名詞加名詞結構中的­第一個名詞two-hour起到形容詞的作用，所以後面不帶s。課程持續了兩個小時，此時要用s,因為這裡“two hours”是名詞。我們再看一些例子。“a multi-use too”,多用途工具，不能說“a multi-uses tool”,而是“a multi-use tool”。注意，這裡的工具，是有很多用途的工具，這裡的us­e是名詞，但在名詞加名詞的結構中起到形容詞的作用。“a three-mile walk”,一段三英裡的路程，不能說“a three-miles walk”。“a two-seats sofa”，一張兩個座的沙發，雖然這是個有兩個座的沙發，但是­我們要說“a two-seats sofa”。所以，我們要記住：當你看到名詞加名詞結構，不要（­），不要將第二個名詞變成復數。兩個鐘的課程，三英裡長的路程，­兩個選手的游戲。好了，如果你喜歡這個錄像，留下一個“喜歡”的­評級，訂閱我的頻道，我講很快和你又見面。