1．majority n．大多数；大半
[教材原句] Of the first Spanish to go to California，the majority were religious men，whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives.
在首批移居加利福尼亚州的西班牙人中，大部分是宗教人士，他们的职责是向原住居民传授天主教。
(1)a/the majority of... 大多数……
in the/a majority 占多数
(2)minority n. 少数
in the/a minority 占少数
(3)major n．&v. 主修；专业
major in 主修……；以……为专业
单句语法填空
①What she has just said doesn't correspond with the views of the ________(major)．
②An agreement seems to be impossible because the majority of the committee members ________(be) against it.
③I graduated from Chongqing Normal University and majored ________ information management.
④In the general population, righthanded people are ________ the majority.
[答案] ①majority ②are ③in ④in
[方法规律] the majority of后接复数名词作主语时，谓语动词用复数；后接不可数名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数；后接集合名词作主语时，若集合名词视为整体，则谓语动词用单数，若集合名词考虑个体，则谓语动词用复数。
