学习英语的人都知道,在英语中会出现各种各样的数字,但各种数字的读法却不尽相同。这就如同我们学习汉语时一样,如果我们混淆了这些数字的读法,小则会闹出笑话,大则会耽误大事。因此,学好这些英语数字的正确读法,对于我们的日常生活显得格外重要。
(1)年号的读法:
2005←→two thousand and five
1999←→nineteen ninety-nine or nineteen hundred (and) ninety-nine
(2)电话号码、货币的读法:
1023←→one o two three
1227←→one double two (or two two) even
4.25$←→four dollars (and) twenty-five (cents)
(3)小数点的读法:
13.91←→thirteen decimal (point) nineone
0.23←→nought demical two three
(4)算术式的读法:
2+3=5 Two plus three is (equals, isequal to) five.
5-3=2 Five minus three is equal to two.
3×2=6 Three times two is six. or Three by two are six.
9÷3=3 Nine divided bythreemakesthree.