The Plural of Tomato

番茄的复数

I was going through an exercise with my class on theformation of plurals. The answers were prettyroutine until I came to the world tomato. "Cananyone tell me the plural of tomato?" I asked. Onestudent's hand shot up. "Ketchup!" he announcedproudly.

我正领着同学们练习复数的构成。他们回答得很正常，这时遇到了“番茄”这个单词。“你们能告诉我‘番茄’的复数吗?”我问。一个学生立刻举起手，“番茄酱!”他自豪地宣布道。