400fourhundred500fivehundred......
1,000onethousand
1,001onethousandandone
1,300thirteenhundred;onethousandandthreehundred
2,000twothousand
2,034twothousandandthirty-four
6,502sixthousandfivehundredandtwo
45,672forty-fivethousandsixhundredandseventy-two
500,000fivehundredthousand
1,000,000onemillion
3,123,400threemillion,onehundredandtwenty-threethousandandfourhundred
8,000,000eightmillion
47,000,000forty-sevenmillion
900,000,000ninehundredmillion
1,000,000,000amilliard,onemilliard(美作:abillion,onebillion)
1,050,000,000onebillionandfiftymillion
10,000,000,000tenbillion
200,000,000,000twohundredbillion
1,000,000,000,000onethousandbillion(美作:atrillion,onetrillion)
02、序数词
first第一second第二third第三
fourth第四fifth第五sixth第六
seventh第七eighth第八ninth第九
tenth第十eleventh第十一
twelfth第十二thirteenth第十三
fourteenth第十四fifteenth第十五
sixteenth第十六seventeenth第十七
eighteenth第十八nineteenth第十九
twentieth第二十twenty-first第二十一
twenty-second第二十二twenty-third第二十三
thirtieth第三十thirty-first第三十一
fortieth第四十fiftieth第五十sixtieth第六十
seventieth第七十eightieth第八十
ninetieth第九十(one)hundredth第一百
(one)hundredandfirst第一百零一
hundredandthirty-fourth第一百三十四
two-hundredth第二百
three-hundredth第三百
four-hundredth第四百
five-hundredth第五百
six-hundredth第六百
seven-hundredth第七百
eight-hundredth第八百
nine-hundredth第九百
(one)thousandth第一千
thousandandfirst第一千零一
twothousandandthirty-fourth第二千零三十四
tenthousandth第一万
(one)millionth第一百万(美作:billionth)
billionth第十亿(美作:trillionth)
03、分数
1/2:one-half;ahalf1/3:one-third
3/4:three-fourths1/5:one-fifth
2/5:two-fifths1/10:one-tenth;atenth
1/100:one-hundredth;onepercent
1/1000:one-thousandth
1/10000:oneten-thousandth
100%:onehundredpercent
0.5%:pointfivepercent
0.46%:pointfoursixpercent
2.05:twopointnoughtfive;twopointOfive
6.003:sixpointnoughtnoughtthree;sixpointOOthree
78.12:seventy-eightpointonetwo
04、日期的表示法
日期的写法(书面语)和读法(口语)稍有不同,
如“十月一日”可以写成October1,October1st,
1October,1stOctober,(the)1stofOctober等,
表示月份的词也可用缩略式,如Oct.1,1Oct.,
但是在口语中通常只有两种读法October(the)first或thefirstofOctober。
【注】日期与星期排列时,通常是星期在前,日期在后。如:HearrivedonFriday,May10.他于5月10日(星期五)到达。
1月January2月February3月March4月April
5月May6月June7月July8月August
9月September10月October11月November12月December
周一:Monday;周二:Tuesday;周三:Wednesday;
周四:Thursday;周五:Friday;周六:Saturday;周日:Sunday
(1)直接法。
上午八点eightAM(a.m.)
下午九点ninePM(p.m.)
六点六分sixsix六点三十二sixthirtytwo
八点正eightoclock
(2)借用介词法。
八点四十五aquartertonine
七点零五分fivepastseven
七点五十四sixtoeight
六点半halfpastsix
(3)表示正点的用法。
十一点正at11oclocksharp
at11oclockonthehour
at11oclockonthestrike
正午12点atnoon
午夜12点atmidnight
(注:12点22分可读作:twelvetwenty-two:twenty-twopasttwelve(英式说法);twenty-twoaftertwelve(美式说法)
1点15可读作:onefifteen;aquarterpastone(英式说法):aquarterafterone(美英说法)
8点50分可读作:eightfifty;tentonine(英式说法);tenbeforenine(美式说法)
1点40分可读作:oneforty;twentytotwo(英式说法);twentybeforetwo(美式说法)
“提前半小时”可用:halfanhourearly;thirtyminutesearly;earlybyhalfanhour;halfanhouraheadoftime;halfanhouraheadofschedule等来表示。)
06、货币的表达方法
英国货币:penny(便士)/pence(penny的复数),pound(£)
£20.50:twentypoundsfiftypence,也可以简单地写作:twentyfifty
美国货币:
1美元钞票
1dollar=100cents
(S|1.00=onedollar)
(S|2.00=twodollars)
25美分1quarter10美分1dime1美分1penny
S|15.95:fifteendollarsninety-fivecents,或fifteenninety-five.
(注:表示正常价格:regularprice,normalprice.
表示价格划算:agoodbuy,abetterbuy,anexcellentprice,agoodprice/bargain.
表示价格较贵:dear,expensive,moreexpensive,steep.
表示价格便宜:cheap,inexpensive,bargainprice,lessexpensive.
表示减价出售:saleprice,onsale,garagesale,Christmassale,specialprice.
词组:discount,half,double,cutoff,knockoff,twiceasmuchas,crossoff,etc.)