跟可可听英语讲座 第32讲
日期:2008-12-31 11:42

(单词翻译:单击)

悉尼市附近的邦代海滩 Bondi Beach
PROGRAMME 32

PART I - The Dialogues
Dialogue 1
Norm不久就要退休了,他和Doris打算到中国去放行。这件事是这样说起来的:有一天,Doris在看旅游小册子......
DORIS:
You know,Norm,about a quarter of these tours are going to China.
NORIS:
Oh,are they?
DORIS:
Yes,you know...I'd really like to go to China?
NORIS:
Would you?
DORIS:
Yes.Helen went there last year.She thought it was marvellous.
NORIS:
Mmm? When I retire we can think about it...if we've got enough money.
Dialogue 2
后来,Norm把打算到中国去放行这件事告诉了同事Fred.

FRED:
What do you and Doris plan to do when you retire,Norm?
NORM:
First... go on a trip. We should have enough money...We've been saving for ages.
FRED:
Any idea where you'll go?
NORM:
Doris wants to go to China.
FRED:
What about you?
NORM:
I'm easy. Plenty of time to think about it, anyway.
FRED:
Well...Half your luck!
PART II - Vocabulary
a half [ ] 一半(复数:halves[ ])
a third [ ]三分之一
a tour [ ]一次放行;放行团
nought[ ]零
go on a trip [ ]放行
retire[]退休
save[ ]存钱
three quarters of Australia's population [ ]
澳大利亚四分之三的人口
we should have enough money [ ]
我们应该有足够的钱,我们可能会有足够的钱
if we've got enough money[ ]如果我们有足够的钱
I'm easy[ ]我无所谓,我怎么都行。
IDIOM:
Half your luck[ ](=I wish I had half your luck)
我要有你一半那么幸福就好了
NAMES:
Helen[ ](female)
Fred[ ](male) (short of Frederick[ ])
PART III - The Lesson
PART III - The Lesson
DECIMALS,FRACTIONS AND QUANTIT 小数 分数 数量
1、DECIMALS小数
在英语里,小数点是point 例如:
7.2 读作seven point two
.5 读作point five
第二个例子也可以用0.5来表示,读作:nought point five
小数在统计材料中用得最多。例如:
The workers received a 6.5% increase in salary.
在报告体育成绩的时候也用得很多。例如:
The Australian runner,Raelene Boyle, ran 400 metres in 51.26 seconds.
请注意,小数点后面的数字接个位分开读。例如:
31.36 seconds .thirty one point.three six seconds.
506.819. five hundred and six point eight one nine.
2.FRACTIONS分数
a)A half (1/2)
half 这个词,一般要加冠词。例如:
a half
one and a half
然而,如果表明某件东西的一半,通常不加冠词。例如:
half an hour
half (of) the job
half (of) my time
half ot it/them
小数.5也可以用分数1/2来表示
表示时间,可以说half past four等。
b) A quarter (1/4)
我们说 a quarter of an hour/it/the book
表示时间,可以说a quarter past three等
c)其他分数举例
a third of my time
three fifths o the job
注意:我们通常说a third, a fifth等,但有时为了强调,也可以说one third 或one fifth.比如,在对比两个数字的时候,就一定要用one,而不用a.
Do you want one third or two thirds?
在读分数的时候,除了1/2(a half)和1/4(a quarter) 以外,用基数词(one ,two,three等)读分子,用序数词(third,fifth,sixth)读分母。例如:
1/3=a /one third 2/3=two thirds
1/3=an/one eighth 3/8=three eighths
3.A QUANTITY FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE一定的数量
a)在广播里,Norm说道:
When I retire we can think about it if we've got enough money.
后半句话提出了一个条件,意思是如果他们有足够的钱,就可以考虑去旅行。所谓“足够的钱”,是针对一定的目的而言的,在这里指的就是“去旅行”。下面再举几个例子:
I've got ENOUGH paint TO do the ceiling.
He caught ENOUGH fish FOR everyone.
There's ENOUGH paper TO write a letter.
如果enough所修饰的名词是可数名词,则要用复数形式。例如:
I've got enough books for everyone.
There are enough bananas for the whole family.
b)Plenty (of) 的意思是“充足的”、“很多的”。例如:
There's PLENTY OFtime FOR us to finish the job.
I've had PLENTY (OF food),thanks.

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重点单词
  • runnern. 赛跑的人,跑步者
  • populationn. 人口 ,(全体)居民,人数
  • quantityn. 量,数量,大量
  • ceilingn. 天花板,上限
  • normn. 标准,规范
  • particularadj. 特殊的,特别的,特定的,挑剔的 n. 个别项目