people指人时，是不可数名词；表民族时，是可数名词，但单复数的形式不变。people的基本意思是“人，人们”，是集体名词，没有复数形式，在句中作主语时，谓语动词用复数。泛指“人们”时其前不加定冠词the。

1. You can chat to other people who are online.

你可以和其他在线的人聊天。

2. As a group, today's old people are still relatively deprived.

总的来说，当今的老年人依然相对贫困。

3. She spent a period of time working with people dying of cancer.

她有一段时间曾帮助垂危的癌症患者。

4. The criticisms will not stop people flocking to see the film.

批评的声音不会阻止人们涌到影院观看这部电影。

5. I picked first all the people who usually were left till last.

我先挑出了所有通常留到最后的人。

6. In New Zealand, the Maori people maintain a strong cultural tradition.

在新西兰，毛利人保持着深厚的文化传统。

7. More people would be attracted to cycling if conditions were right.

如果天气适宜，会有更多的人被吸引到骑自行车的行列中来。

8. It's a long way to go for two people in their seventies.

对于两个七十几岁的人来说，这段路太远了。

9. I clearly empathize with the people who live in those neighborhoods.

我非常同情生活在那些地方的人们。

10. Albania is a small nation state of around 3 million people.

阿尔巴尼亚是一个大约有300万人口的单一民族独立国家。