1.基数词(1000以内的基数词的读法)
(1)1-20:one,two,three,four,five,six,seven,eight,nine,ten,eleven,twelve,thirteen,fourteen,fifteen, sixteen,seventeen,eighteen,nineteen,twenty
2.基数词变序数词的方法:
(1)一般在基数词后加th
eg.four→fourth,thirteen→thirteenth
(2)不规则变化
one→first,two→second,three→third,five→fifth,eight→eighth,nine→ninth,twelve--~twelfth
(3)以y结尾的十位整数,变y为ie再加th
twenty→twentieth, forty→fortieth,ninety→ninetieth
(4)从二十一后的“几十几”直至“几百几十几”或“几千几百几十几”只将个位的基数词变为序数词。
twenty-first,two hundred and forty-fifth
口诀:
基变序,有规律;词尾要加th。
一二三,特殊记;词尾分别tdd。
八去t ,九去e ;ve则以f替。
ty 则变作 ti ; 后面还有一个e。
要是遇到几十几;只将个位变成序。
3.数词的应用:
A、时间:
a. 整点:基数词 + o’clock
eg. It’s eight o’clock now.
b. 几点几分:
1.直接表达法:先小时后分
eg. 3:25 three twenty-five
2.间接表达法:先分后小时
1)(<30分钟)用past :分钟past 小时
eg. 3:25 twenty-five (minutes) past three
2) (>30分钟)用to:(60-分钟数) to (小时数+1)
eg. 3:35 twenty-five (minutes) to four
3) 30分钟 = half 15分钟 = a quarter
eg. 3:30 three thirty = half past three
3:15 three fifteen = a quarter past three.
3:45 three forty-five = a quarter to four
B、日期表达法:月日,年(或日月年)
1949年10月1日 :
October1st , nineteen forty-nine
=the first of October, nineteen forty-nine
2000年: the year two thousand
=twenty hundred
2001年: twenty o one
3月1日: March the first = the first of March