Lion is a special animal to Chinese people. A couple of stone lions, a male (雄性) and a female (雌性), can often be seen in front of the gates of old buildings. The male lion is on the left with his right paw (手掌) on a ball, and the female on the right. And her left paw is touching a baby animal.
The lion is the king in the animal world because he is powerful. The ball shows the country or the family will be together forever, and the baby animal with the female shows that you will have many children.
The stone lions were also used to show the families were powerful. If you had no money or power, you couldn’t put the stone lions in front of your houses.
It was also popular to make bridges with stone lions. The best known of this is the Lugou Bridge (also as Marco Polo Bridge), built from 1189 to 1192. The stone lions on the bridge are most famous. Maybe there are 485 lions in all, maybe there are 498 or 501. A famous saying is that “the lions on the Lugou Bridge are uncountable(不可数的).”
【小题1】What is a special animal in Chinese people?

理解下列词组的含义，并造句。

　　“how”短语归纳。

　　how many修饰可数名词复数，表示“多少”，如：

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　　how much修饰不可数名词，表示“多少”，如：

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　　how far询问距离，表示“多远”，如：

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　　how often询问频率，表示“多久一次”，如：

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　　how soon多用于将来时，表示“多快”，如：

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　　how long用于询问时间的长度，表示“多久”，如：

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　　how old询问年龄，表示“多大”，如：

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