英语数字表达法
英语数字表达法 一、数字表达类Numbers 研究生入学考试听力试题中第一部分为填充表格,其中很大一部分是根据所听内容填写诸如数字、 时间和地点等具体信息。而数字、时间等信息正是中国考生最不容易听清楚的。下面我们将数字、时间 等英语语言信息的日常表达方法介绍给大家 1, 英语中纯数字的表达方法 小数和分数 0.17 zero point one seven / point seventeen / zero point seventeen 1/2 one half 1/3 one /a third 3/4 three fourths 72/ 5seven and two fifths 大于100的数字 101 one hundred and one 200 two hundred 998 nine hundred and ninety eight 在英语中上面括弧中的and 一般不能省略;而在美国英语中却往往省去。请分析下面的对话 A How many people are present in the party last night B Thats nine hundred and ninety-eight, exactly. A Woo, you must be joking. How can you get such an accurate number B Ha, ha surely I am joking. You silly goose. 大于1000的数字 1001 a/one thousand and one 2232 two thousand two hundred and thirty-two 900, 732, 266, 043 nine hundred billion seven hundred thirty-two million two hundred sixty-six thousand and forty three 英语中一千以上数字的表达方法是以三位数为单元,从高到低billion, million, thousand而依次读 出的。因此我们在听时,可以三位数三位数地记录。试比较下面的对话 A Can you tell me exactly the numbers of the whole people in our country B One billion four hundred thirty-two million two hundred sixty-six thousand and forty three. A Thank you very much. 2. 英语中时间的表达方法 英语中时间的表达方法主要有直接法和借用介词法等。 (1)直接法。 上午八点 eight AM (a.m.) [ei em] 下午九点 nine PM (p.m.) [pi em] 六点六分six six 六点三十二 six thirty two 八点正 eight o*clock (2)借用介词法。 八点四十五 a quarter to nine 七点零五分 five past seven 七点 五十四six to eight 六点半 half past six (3)表示正点的用法。 十一点正 at 11 oclock sharp at 11 oclock on the hour at 11 oclock on the strike 正午12 点 at noon 午夜 12 点 at midnight (注12 点 22 分可读作twelve twenty-two twenty-two past twelve (英式说法);twenty-two after twelve (美式说法) 1 点15 可读作one fifteen; a quarter past one (英式说法)a quarter after one (美英说法) 8 点 50 分可读作eight fifty; ten to nine (英式说法);ten before nine (美式说法) 1 点 40 分可读作one forty; twenty to two (英式说法);twenty before two (美式说法) “提前半小时”可用half an hour early; thirty minutes early; early by half an hour; half an hour ahead of time; half an hour ahead of schedule 等来表示。) 时间表示法和时段的简单运算是听力考试的热点,请看下面的对话 W How long does the class usually last M Umm, let me think. It starts from a quarter to nine, and ends at nine thirty. So W That is forty-five minutes. Thank you very much Q When does the class usually start 3. 英语中货币的表达方法 英国货币penny (便士)/pence (penny 的复数),pound ( ) 20.50 twenty pounds fifty pence,也可以简单地写作twenty fifty 美国货币 1美元钞票aS I 1.00bill 1 dollar100 cents (S I 1.00onedollar) (S I 2.00two dollars) 25 美分 1 quarter 10 美分 1 dime 5 美元 1 nickel 1 美分 1 penny S I 15.95 fifteen dollars ninety-five cents, 或 fifteen ninety-five. (注 表示正常价格regular price, normal price. 表示价格划算a good buy, a better buy, an excellent price, a good price/ bargain. 表示价格较贵dear, expensive, more expensive, steep. 表示价格便宜cheap, inexpensive, bargain price, less expensive. 表示减价出售sale price, on sale, garage sale, Christmas sale, special price. 词组discount, half, double, cut off, knock off, twice as much as , cross of