商務英語應掌握的數(shù)字基礎知識

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我們在學習之前應確認您已經(jīng)熟練掌握一些基礎知識,這些內容會在BEC 學習、實際工作和考試中會經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)。
    數(shù)字
    分為基數(shù)詞和序數(shù)詞
    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 (這種表達時間的方式在口語和考試中經(jīng)常出現(xiàn))
    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
    電話號碼表達:62196566 電話號碼通常一位一位的讀。 double /triple]
    錢的表達法:£8.50 eight pounds fifty pence eight pounds fifty
    eight fifty