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 7 2/ 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: That s 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 o clock sharp at 11 o clock on the hour at 11 o clock 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 dollar=100 cents (S I 1.00=onedollar) (S I 2.00=two 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