英语听力中的数字技巧

NumbersLecture4大额数字的听记方法:•thousand’;million’’;billion’’’;•eg.35thousand35’•8hundredand40thousand840’/8h40t•1million5hundredthousand1’’500’/1m5ht•8billion15million3hundred25thousand4hundredand56:8’’’15’’325’456/8b15m325t456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oh•eg.0.009:pointoonine或zeropointoonine百分数的读法：•eg.54.6%fiftyfourpointsixoutofahundred0.2%twotenthsofapercent3.5%threeandahalfpercent54.5％fiftyfourandahalfpercentCollectivenumbers6ahalfdozen12Adozen20a/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,thirty19901880177016601550144013301220货币单位•dollar/buck美元eg.Sixbucks1•5dollars95cents•quarter25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：•Itisanexcellentprice•Itisagoodprice/bargain./Itisagoodbuy.•表示价格较贵：dear,expensive,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.•Yourroomatsixesandsevensatsixesandsevens乱七八糟•onsecondthoughts再三考虑•byonesandtwos零零散散•Twoheadsarebetterthanone.两人智慧胜一人•intheyearone早年IusedtostudyinAmericaintheyearone早年在美国读书•tentoone很可能Tentoonehehasforgottenit•threescoreyearsandten(人生的正常寿命为七十)一辈子I’llloveyouthreescoreyearsandten.表示年份•在二十世纪三十年代inthe1930’s•读作:inthethirtiesofthetwentiethcentury/inthenineteenthirties•公元前２５３年：intheyeartwofifty-threeB.C.A.D.:abbr.拉公元(=AnnoDomini）时间单位•机场，车站报时：使用的是２４小时制，遇到不足１０点要补０•９：３０oninethirty•广播报时：GreenwichMeanTime(GMT)/Universaltime格林威治时间•22pm:22hoursGMT(BBC)•22hoursuniversaltime•midnight:twenty-fourhours确切时间数字练习1•Directions:•Youaregoingtohearsomesentencesdescribingdifferentcountries.Listencarefullyandcompletethefollowingchart.Payspecialattentiontothenumbers.Ex.CountryAreaPopulationAustraliaNepalSwitzerlandArgentinaAustriaColumbiaSaudiArabiaDenmark30000005400015944---3237643982883000016576---------+2000000071500001630000070000004600000