Grasp the pronunciation of English numbers correctly.
Pronunciation of (1) cardinal words
Let's start with the cardinal number. First of all, master the pronunciation of numbers within three digits, because this is the basis of multiple digits. Once you master it, you can easily handle any huge number over four digits with the help of commas. We can illustrate this point through examples.
(1) 3-5 digits.
202 is pronounced: two hundred (and) two.
Pronunciation: 200 (and) 34.
1, 234 pronounced: 1200 (and) 34.
However, we must pay attention to the following points in reading:
A. In British English, the last two digits (ten digits and one digit) of a number must be "and", but not in American English. Such as: 3,077 Pronunciation: USA: 3,077.
B the indefinite article "a" is only used at the beginning of numbers with "forgetting" and "thinking". Try to compare:
146 Pronunciation: ahundred (and) forty-six.
2 146 pronunciation: two thousand, one forgot (and) forty-six.
C. 1 000 We said a thousand before, and we also said a thousand, but in a number with hundreds of digits, we are going to say a thousand now.
1, 03 1 pronounced: one thousand, (and) one third,
1, 150 pronounced: one thousand, one thousand (and) five.
The singular of the words "D. Happy, thoughtful and millions" can be used with "A" and "one", but not alone. "A" is more common in informal style; When we speak more accurately, we try to compare it with "one":
I want to live for a hundred years.
The trip took a whole hundred days.
E. We often say "Happy Eleven" (1, 100), "Happy Twelve" (1 200) and so on, instead of thinking about one pleasure. From 1, 100 to 1, 900.
Pronunciation exceeding 5 digits
1 1, the pronunciation of 234 is eleven thousand two hundred (and), thirty-four.
155,721pronounced: one happiness (and) 55,000, seven happiness (and) 21.
6,155,702 is pronounced as: 6010 Happy (and) 55,000 and 702 Happy.
26,000,008 is pronounced as: 2,608.
The pronunciation of 326,465,438+04,765,438+08 is: three lost (and) 26 million, four lost (and) 40,000, and seven lost (and) 80,000.
The pronunciation of 4,302,000,000 is: 4.3 billion hungry people (and) 2 million.
As can be seen from the above set of figures, a multi-digit number has a comma for every three digits from right to left. This comma plays a very important role and can help us a lot when remembering numbers!
Read the first comma backwards; Push three more places to the left, and the second comma is read as million; ; The third comma reads billion; ; The fourth comma is trillion. The function of these commas is that when we hear thousands, we immediately write down this number, followed by a comma, leaving 3 digits; When you hear a million digits, write it down and put a comma after it, leaving six digits; When you hear a billion numbers, the method is the same as above, leaving nine digits behind, and so on, so that all the numbers will be in their places.
For example, when you hear "twenty-four thousand" and "write 20", and "four" means that the latter group has only one unit, that is, 004, then the number written down completely is 20004; If you hear "6 million 200 to 4 million 23", the first step is to write 6020, and then write the last group of 423 after the first comma. The complete Cui character is 6,020,423. If you hear "one billion, 140 million, twenty to four hungry twenty-three", write 1, 104 in the first step, 020 in the third step and 423 in the third step, then the complete number is 1 653. As long as we strengthen the training of three-digit reading and writing in our usual training, we can distinguish "ty" from "teen\''" and make good use of this indispensable comma, no matter how big the number is, it will not cause us obstacles.
(2) reading method of ordinal number
Lst is pronounced: (the) first.
The second pronunciation is the second.
third
The fourth pronunciation is: (the) the fourth.
Twenty is pronunciation: (the) twenty.
2 1st is pronounced: (the) 21st.
The twenty-second pronunciation is: (the) the twenty-second pronunciation
Pronunciation on the 23rd: (the) 23rd and so on.
A. Score
(3) Reading scores, decimals and percentages; The numerator in a fraction is expressed in radix and the denominator in ordinal number. Look at the numerator first, then at the denominator. When the numerator is greater than 1, add "s" to the denominator. take for example
1/2 pronounced: a/ half.
1/3 Pronunciation: one third
1/8 Pronunciation: 1/18
1/4 pronounced: a/ quarter (fourth)
Two-thirds pronunciation: two-thirds
1/5/9 is pronounced as one and five ninth.
More complicated scores are often represented by the word over. For example:
3 17/509 reads: three forgets seven, five forgets nine.
3/4 hour, 7/ 10 mile means 3/4 hour, 0.7 mile.
B. Decimals
For numbers with decimal points, the decimal point "."is read as "dot", and if there are more than two numbers after the decimal point, they are read separately.
0.5 Pronunciation: (zero) * 0.5
0.25 Pronunciation: (zero) point two five
0. 125 pronunciation; (zero) 125 points
93.64m Pronunciation: 93.64m.
2' 15. 1 1' pronounced as: two minutes and five point one seconds.
C. percentage
Just add "percent" after the corresponding number to read the percentage. For example:
25% is read as 25%.
1 1.3% read eleven point three percent.
(4) How to read the year and date
Years expressed by numbers are usually divided into two halves.
2000 BC Pronunciation: 2000 BC
1558 pronunciation: fifteen fifty-eight.
1603 is pronounced six teenagers (hungry and) three/603.
92 1 Pronunciation: 921.
British and American expressions of dates are different, please pay attention to the differences.
When writing a date, the British write the date first and the Americans write the month first.
English19991April 6, 999 = April 6.
USA1April 6, 999 = April 6 1999
In reading, the British have two expressions:
1. April 6th, 1999
2. April 6, 1999
Americans generally say this:
April 6, 19? Ninety-nine (omit "the")
(5) How to read the time
We should pay attention to the current British and American pronunciations.
English 7: 00 AM/PM
A quarter past eight/a quarter past eight
Half past nine/half past nine
Quarter to ten, nine forty-five.
10:03 past three o'clock
The usage in the United States is basically similar, except that the past tense is used in Britain, and the United States usually uses after；; To is used in Britain and fo is commonly used in America. American 5: 15a 5: 15.
9: 30/9: 30 *
9: 45/9: 45
Nine fifty-five, ten fifty/nine fifty-five.
When used in military orders and travel plans, the pronunciation is as follows:
700 hours = 7 a.m.
09: 15 (oh) 9: 15 = 9:15a.m.
12:00 1200 hours = noon/noon
Afternoon 13: 45
19:00 19:00:7:00
23:05 23 (Oh) 5- 165438+ 0:05 pm
24:00 Twenty-four hours = midnight
24: 10 midnight 12 o'clock 10 minute.
(6) Pronunciation of telephone number, temperature and house number
A. Telephone number
When reading telephone numbers, each number is pronounced one by one. "O" is pronounced as d1[ou] in English. Americans read zero (sometimes zero). When the British read two identical numbers, they usually read them as doublex, especially when the two numbers are in the same group (the telephone number is a group of two numbers from right to left). For example:
The pronunciation of 345-6638 is: 345, double 638.
307-4922 is pronounced: 307, 49 pairs of two, while in the United States it is pronounced: 307, 4922, but if the same two numbers are not in the same group, they can have two pronunciations. For example, 62899033 can be pronounced as six two eight double nine oh double three or six two eight nine oh double three, but 99033 can never be pronounced as nine nine oh three three. On the contrary, when the numbers are the same, American will repeat the numbers. But there is an exception in Britain. The emergency telephone number 999 is always pronounced as nine, nine, nine.
B. Temperature
There are two kinds of temperatures: Fahrenheit and Celsius. Both Britain and the United States use Fahrenheit as the unit for measuring temperature. The usage of degrees Celsius is becoming more and more common.
15℃ Pronunciation: Five Centuries (or Celsius)
32 degrees Fahrenheit: 32 degrees Fahrenheit
Pronunciation: zero degrees Celsius
-5C Pronunciation: five degrees below zero
C. house number
When the house number meets three digits, read each digit separately, and when it meets four digits, read half. For example:
Room 302 is pronounced as room two/three o two.
349 1 King Street Pronunciation: No.3-No.491 King Street.