We’ll teach you how to say numbers in a most natural way: 我们今天教你怎么最地道地念数字 2 n) ^- Y/ O9 }# Y# Y! ^' _Maybe not the math-class way: 跟数学课上的念法可能有差 # l/ f5 `/ l! ]% ?$ u' uIn my mind, numbers are really abstract: 对我来说,数字很抽象 7 H6 G2 l. M2 Z1 M k9 l6 L6 D, T8 ?+ n+ N v4 {2 Z+ z0 F- H
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总头开始学:个十百千万,最基础的数字单位
( p, B# I. d7 b6 F英语里的数字单位跟中文有些不同,比如我们的“万”这个概念,英语里则是“十千”,“亿”则是“百百万”。
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single-digit number: 一位数( |- w' o2 A, w2 Z4 ], y
double-digit number: 两位数 / S! v: j7 a$ V8 [1 ethree-digit number: 三位数7 p3 o. M) d$ L; `% y
6 o+ ^( m0 X: Q9 ?& LIn math class, the teacher would always say “one thousand and five hundred”: 上数学课,老师都会念“one thousand and five hundred”6 A0 u8 \9 Z# B3 z
If I’m talking to my friend, I’d say, “fifteen hundred.”: 如果是跟朋友聊天,我会说“fifteen hundred”, j! H7 e; q+ K3 N& k- j2 ]
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不是整数的数字怎么念?
窍门是遇到四位数以上的数字,我们先遵循英语千、万...的表达方法,接着把剩下的数字放在一起念:! _3 ]4 _* w7 n* W0 @4 ^
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1555: fifteen hundred and fifty five或者one thousand five hundred and fifty-five
15555: fifteen thousand five hundred and fifty five
155555: a hundred fifty thousand five hundred and fifty five / j0 Z9 t6 o& |$ r' t5 [
虽然有点搞,不过大家多看几遍,就会理解其中的规律了; % Z. ~+ o+ Y1 ]% w U; b : F+ Z0 G* ], i6 S / R: K0 X1 K7 z9 P: g6 `4 I# x5 [6 c
价格怎么念?
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去过美国的朋友一定知道,美国的价格经常以.99结尾,碰到这类数字该怎么念呢?
( \ Y' y, q8 ?8 n5 bWords like “dollars” and “cents” are often omitted in spoken English: 口语里”块”和”毛”经常省略 + P; ?6 M/ N V9 ?4 D- Z' B& L! tYou‘ll often hear “nine ninety-nine” instead of “nine dollars and ninety-nine cents”: 9块9毛9一般说成”nine ninety-nine”, 而不是“nine dollars and ninety-nine cents”: U+ F6 Z+ V. @4 W! u" P( ~
People simplify these number-related expressions for the sake of convenience: 许多数字的念法被简化了,为了说起来更方便; U( j3 t5 H+ K+ V; r
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