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商务英语应掌握的数字基础知识

2009-12-29来源:和谐英语
  我们在学习之前应确认您已经熟练掌握一些基础知识,这些内容会在BEC 学习、实际工作和考试中会经常出现。
  数字
  分为基数词和序数词
  Cardinal Ordinal
  1 one  1st first
  2 two  2nd second
  3 three  3rd third
  4 four  4th fourth
  5 five  5th fifth
  6 six  6th sixth
  7 seven  7th seventh
  8 eight  8th eighth
  9 nine  9th ninth
  10 ten  10th tenth
  11 eleven  11th eleventh
  12 twelve  12th twelfth
  13.thirteen  13th thirteenth
  14 fourteen  14th fourteenth
  15 fifteen  15th fifteenth
  16 sixteen  16th sixteenth
  17 seventeen  17th seventeenth
  18 eighteen  18th eighteenth
  19 nineteen  19th nineteenth
  20 twenty  20th twentieth
  21 twenty-one  21st twenty-first
  22 twenty-two  22nd twenty-second
  30 thirty  30th thirtieth
  40 forty  40th fortieth
  50 fifty  50th fiftieth
  60sixty  60th sixtieth
  70seventy  70th seventieth
  80eighty  80th eightieth
  90ninety  90th ninetieth
  100 a hundred 100th hundredth
  0 *nought 0 is pronounced nought before a point and oh after a point in
  British English. It is pronounced zero in US English.
  100 a hundred
  1,000 a thousand
  1,000,000 a million
  1,000,000,000 a billion (US English)
  1,000,000,000,000 a billion (British English)
  In the pass, US and British billions were not the same. But US billions are now often used
  by British companies and newspapers.
  Fractions
  1/4 a quarter 1/3 a third 1/2 a half 4/5 four fifths
  Decimals
  0.5 nought point five
  0.25 nought point two five
  10.06 ten point oh six
  27.27 twenty-seven point two seven
  *Pronounce numbers individually after a decimal point.
  Telling the time
  A simple way to tell the time is to say the numbers.
  10.20 ten twenty 11.15 eleven fifteen
  4.45 four forty-five
  You can say the hours in two ways:
  9:00 nine or nine o’clock
  But don’t make this common mistake
  nine-thirty o’clock----- This is wrong.
  If you need to be exact you can say: ten a.m. or ten in the morning
  and ten p.m. or ten at night
  You can also tell the time in this way:
  1.00 one o’clock 3.10 ten past three 4.15 a quarter past four 5.30 half past five
  5.35 twenty-five to six 6.45 a quarter to seven (这种表达时间的方式在口语和考试中经常出现)
  Days: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
  Months: January February March April May June July
  August September October November December
  Seasons: spring summer autumn (US English: fall) winter
  Years: Written Spoken
  1992 nineteen ninety-two
  1066 ten sixty-six
  1908
  1900
  2008
  Dates: BE AE
  Spoken The sixteenth of September(16th Sept.) Sixteenth September
  September the sixteenth (Sept. 16th) September sixteenth
  Written 16(th) September 16(th) September
  16/9/98 9/16/98
  电话号码表达:62196566 电话号码通常一位一位的读。 double /triple]
  钱的表达法:£8.50 eight pounds fifty pence eight pounds fifty
  eight fifty