英语数字表达很重要,尤其是在英语听力考试中,对数字的考察程度十分高,同学们假如对这些数字的英语表达方式不够敏感的话,就很容易听错。今天小简老师就和大家一同来看看小数、分数、百分数以及其他数字英语的表达方式。
基数词:表示数目多少
基数词中英对应表1one2
two3three4four5five6six7seven8eight9nine10ten11eleven12twelve13thirteen14fourteen15fifteen16sixteen17seventeen18eighteen19nineteen20twenty21twenty-one22
twenty-two23twenty-three24twenty-four25twenty-five26twenty-six27twenty-seven28twenty-eight29twenty-nine30
thirty40forty50fifty60sixty70seventy80
eighty90ninety100a/onehundred1000a/onethousand1000000a/onemillion
序数词:表示顺序先后
1stfirst11theleventh21sttwenty-first
2ndsecond12thtwelfth22ndtwenty-second
3rdthird13ththirteenth30ththirtieth
4thfourth14thfourteenth40thfortieth
5thfifth15thfifteenth50thfiftieth
6thsixth16thsixteenth60thsixtieth
7thseventh17thseventeenth70thseventieth
8theighth18theighteenth80theightieth
9thninth19thnineteenth90thninetieth
10thtenth20thtwentieth100thhundredth
分数
1/2:one-half;ahalf
1/3:one-third
3/4:three-fourths
1/5:one-fifth
2/5:two-fifths
1/10:one-tenth;atenth
1/100:one-hundredth;onepercent
1/1000:one-thousandth
100%:onehundredpercent
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,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
时间的表达方法
英语中时间的表达方法主要有直接法和借用介词法等。
(1)直接法
上午八点eightAM()
下午九点ninePM()
六点六分sixsix六点三十二sixthirtytwo
八点正eighto'clock
(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at11o'clocksharp
at11o'clockonthehour
at11o'clockonthestrike
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。)