學英文的過程中,光是單字、文法、句型就已經記不完了,還有令人混淆的數字!別慌,我們今天就來把英文數字給熟悉熟悉,多看幾次記起來,下回看英文財經報紙雜誌就不會再弄錯囉!
阿拉伯數字 Arabic Number | 英文 English | 中文 |
1,000 | one thousand | 一千 |
10,000 | ten thousand | 一萬 |
100,000 | one hundred thousand | 十萬 |
1,000,000 | one million | 一百萬 |
10,000,000 | ten million | 一千萬 |
100,000,000 | one hundred million | 一億 |
1,000,000,000 | one billion | 十億 |
10,000,000,000 | ten billion | 一百億 |
100,000,000,000 | one hundred billion | 一千億 |
1,000,000,000,000 | one trillion | 一兆 |
10,000,000,000,000 | ten trillion | 十兆 |
100,000,000,000,000 | one hundred trillion | 一百兆 |
所以,one billion不是一億,是十億哦!
再來,我們列出幾個較容易記錯的基數及其序數,尤其是特別容易記錯的加上粗體如下:
基數 cardinals | 序數 ordinals | ||
1 | one | 1st | first |
2 | two | 2nd | second |
3 | three | 3rd | third |
4 | four | 4th | fourth |
5 | five | 5th | fifth |
9 | nine | 9th | ninth |
12 | twelve | 12th | twelfth |
21 | twenty-one | 21st | twenty-first |
22 | twenty-two | 22nd | twenty-second |
23 | twenty-three | 23rd | twenty-third |
30 | thirty | 30th | thirtieth |
40 | forty | 40th | fortieth |
90 | ninety | 90th | ninetieth |
100 | one hundred | 100th | (one) hundredth |
101 | one hundred (and) one | 101st | (one) hundred and first |
另外,有小數點的數字怎麼讀呢?
15.23 讀作 fifteen point two three
90.59 讀作 ninety point five nine
小數點後面的數字就直接讀出數字即可
那,分數怎麼讀?
二分之一 讀作 a half或one half
三分之一 讀作 a third
四分之一 讀作 a quarter
五分之四 讀作 four-fifths
六又八分之七 讀作 six and seven-eighths
最後,常用到的貨幣數字怎麼讀呢?
NTD2,315讀作 two thousand three hundred (and) fifteen NT dollars
USD5.27讀作 five dollars (and) twenty seven (cents) 或是 five twenty seven
(通常講dollar(s)就是指美金,除非對話中有多種貨幣才會加上US作區別)
說到美金,小編日前意外發現,才放了半年的美鈔竟然有發霉的現象!(註:不是電影裡面那種一整個行李箱的美鈔,只是幾張沒花完的零鈔啦!)不過別擔心,用衛生紙擦一擦鈔票即可。所以在此提醒家裡有美鈔的朋友們,留意存放的地方別太潮濕,記得偶爾巡一下紙鈔的健康狀況囉!