(1)年號(hào)的讀法:
1979←→nineteen seventy-nine or nineteen hundred(and) seventy-nine;
(2)電話(huà)號(hào)碼、貨幣的讀法:
1023←→one o two three;1227←→one double two(or two two)seven;.25←→four dollars(and)twenty-five(cents);
(3)小數(shù)點(diǎn)的讀法:
13.91←→thirteen decimal(point)nineone;0.23=nought demical two three;
(4)算術(shù)式的讀法:
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.
形容詞(二):
1.限定用法:形容詞緊靠著〔代)名詞,直接修飾該〔代)名詞。
(1)前位修飾:
(A)字尾為en或表比較的形容詞,大多只能作限定用法,放在名詞的前面。
a wooden leg;earthen ware;his elder sister;the upper room,etc.
(B)下列這些形容詞只有限定用法,沒(méi)有敘述用法。
upper;former;latter;outer;inner;utmost;mere;only;utter;main;certain;very;live;spare;
(C)形容詞前有so;no;too;how等字時(shí),不定冠詞應(yīng)放在形容詞之后。
He could not do it in so short a time.
He is no less remarkable a man than his elder brother(is).
(2)后位修飾:
(A)名詞之后的數(shù)詞+名詞+old;long;high;wide;deep;etc.
a man eighty-five years old;a river two hundred miles long;
(B)為加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣或音調(diào)美,而將限定形容詞放在后面。
He had a face thin and worn,but eager and resolute.
(C)something;anything;everyone;anybody...+形容詞。
I'll tell you something very important.
That's nothing new.
(D)由形容詞子句省略主詞和動(dòng)詞而不的過(guò)去(或現(xiàn)在)分詞或形容詞片語(yǔ)。
I have answered all the letters(whichwere)received(byme).
Alfred was a king anxious for his people'swelfare.
2.敘述用法:形容詞作補(bǔ)語(yǔ),間接地修飾〔代)名詞。
He was awake all the night.(主詞補(bǔ)語(yǔ))
The noise kept me awake.(受詞補(bǔ)語(yǔ))
注:可作限定用法和敘述用法的形容詞。
I have many trustworthy friends.和All of my friends are trustworthy.
It was a hot and sultry day.和The weather became hot and sultry.(待續(xù))