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1、 NumbersLecture 4大额数字的听记方法: thousand;million;billion;eg.35thousand358hundredand40thousand840/8h40t1million5hundredthousand1500/1m5ht8billion15million3hundred25thousand4hundredand56:815325456/8b15m325t456练习方法:以口语带动听力小数的读法:小数点念”point”,小数点前的“零”有时可以省略不念,也可念为zero,nought,oh.小数点后的零读作oheg.0.009:pointoonine或
2、zeropointoonine百分数的读法:eg.54.6%fiftyfourpointsixoutofahundred0.2%twotenthsofapercent3.5%threeandahalfpercent54.5fiftyfourandahalfpercentCollective numbers6ahalfdozen12Adozen20a/onescore144a/onegross罗,等于12打,或144件-ty 与 teen 的区别从音的长短,重音,音调来区别-teen结尾的有两个重读音节,-ty只有一个重读音节eg.fifteen,fiftythirteen,thirty1990
3、1880177016601550144013301220货币单位dollar/buck美元eg.Sixbucks15dollars95centsquarter25美分dime10美分nickel5美分英国:pound英镑1英镑100便士penny便士pence(便士的复数)20英镑50便士:twentypoundsfiftypence.Ortwentyfifty数字用于货币表示正常价格:regularprice,normalprice.表示价格划算:ItisanexcellentpriceItisagoodprice/bargain./Itisagoodbuy.表示价格较贵:dear,expe
4、nsive,steep,moreexpensive,costalegandanarm表示价格便宜:bargainprice其它说法:cheap,inexpensive,lessexpensive.表示减价出售:onsale出售,廉价出售,Christmassale,garagesale(现场旧货出售)saleprice一些数字的词组oncloudnine无比幸福;狂喜(极乐)Thecoupleseemedtobeoncloudnine.那对夫妇看上去极其幸福。IwasoncloudnineafterIwonthegame.Yourroomatsixesandsevensatsixesandse
5、vens乱七八糟onsecondthoughts再三考虑byonesandtwos零零散散Twoheadsarebetterthanone.两人智慧胜一人两人智慧胜一人intheyearone早年IusedtostudyinAmericaintheyearone早年在美国读书tentoone很可能Ten to one he has forgotten itthreescoreyearsandten(人生的正常寿命为七十)一辈子Illloveyouthreescoreyearsandten.表示年份在二十世纪三十年代inthe1930s读作:inthethirtiesofthetwentieth
6、century/inthenineteenthirties公元前年:intheyeartwofifty-threeB.C.A.D.:abbr.公元(=AnnoDomini)时间单位机场,车站报时:使用的是小时制,遇到不足点要补:oninethirty广播报时:GreenwichMeanTime(GMT)/Universaltime格林威治时间22pm:22hoursGMT(BBC)22hoursuniversaltimemidnight:twenty-fourhours确切时间数字练习 1Directions:You are going to hear some sentences descr
7、ibing different countries. Listen carefully and complete the following chart. Pay special attention to the numbers.Ex.CountryAreaPopulationAustraliaNepalSwitzerlandArgentinaAustriaColumbiaSaudi ArabiaDenmark3 000 00054 00015 944-32 376439 828830 00016 576-+20 000 0007150 00016 300 0007 000 0004 600 000