分数
表示分数时,分子要用基数词,分母用序数词。如果分子大于1,分母必须用复数形式:
1/3→a(one)third
2/3→two thirds
1/4→a(one)quarter(或fourth)
3/7→three sevenths
1/2→应读作a(one)half
*比较复杂的分数如:24/789,多读作 twenty four over seven hundred and eighty nine。
小数
表示小数时,小数点前面的基数词和前面讲的基数词的读法相同;小数点后的数字则必须一一读出:
0.0089→(zero /naught)point zero zero eight nine
1.36→one point three six
百分数
百分数由percent表示,百分号%读作 percent,应用时常与by连用。
0.68%→zero point six eight percent
6%→six percent
369%→three hundred and sixty nine percent
The output of steel went up by 20 percent.钢产量增长20%。
The price of cotton was reduced by 20 percent.棉花的价格下降了20%。
The loss of water has been reduced to less than 30 percent.水的损耗减少到30%以下
(1)年号的读法:
1979←→nineteen seventy-nine or nineteen hundred(and)seventy-nine;
(2)电话号码、货币的读法:
1023←→one o tw o three;1227←→one double two(or twotwo)seven;usd4.25←→fourdollars(and)twenty-five(cents);
(3)小数点的读法:
13.91←→thirteen decimal(point)nineone;0.23=noughtdemical two three;
(4)算术式的读法:
2+3=5 Two plus threeis(equals,isequal to)five.
5-3=2 Five minus three is equalto two.
3×2=6 Three times two is six.or Three by two aresix.
9÷3=3 Nine divided by three makes three.
迅速无误识别数字的前提是必须能够流利地读出数字。要从读两位数起,然后练习读三位和四位数乃至五位或六位以上的数字。其中两位和三位数的读法是读所有数字的基础。英文数字中的每一个逗点的读法也要牢记:有一个逗点读“thousand”,两个逗点读“million”,三个逗点读“billion”。还要清楚,每个逗点间由三位数组成。 英文数字中的第四位数、第七位数、第十位数是很关键的数位。 ._1 d3 _* h6 j! V
Examples:
1,234 读作:one thousand,two hundred and thirty-four * Q/ a*s$ E, Y, r8 w8 X' ^
4,567,809 读作:four million,fivehundred and sixty-seventhousand,eight hundred and nine : J0 I) {0h7 oI1
5,678,120,000 读作:fivebillion,six hundred and seventy-eight million,one hundred and twenty thousand