1. 小数表示法
(1) 小数点左边的数通常按基数词读,若为三位以上的数,也可按编码式读法读出,即将数字单个读出;小数点右边的数通常按编码式读法单个
读出。如:
6.86 读作: six point eight six
14.15 读作: fourteen point>
345.456 读作: three four five point four five six
或读作:three hundred and forty-five point four five six
(2) 小数中“0”的读法,“0”在小数中通常读作nought(英)或zero(美),也可读作字母o。
如:
0.08 读作:(nought)point nought eight
或读作:(zero)point zero eight
9.07 读作: nine point o seven
2. 百分数表示法
百分数中的百分号%读作: percent。
如:
6% 读作: six percent
0.6% 读作: (nought) point six percent
500% 读作: five hundred percent
3. 倍数表示法
倍数表示方法很多
如:
This room is four times as big as mine.
这个房间是我房间的四倍。
This room is three times larger than that>这个房间比那个房间大两倍。
The output of coal has doubled.
煤的产量增加了一倍。
My aunt is as old again as I am.
我姑姑年龄比我大一倍。
Productivity is increased three fold.
生产效率提高了两倍。
The volume of the Sun is about 1,300,000 times that of the Earth.
太阳的体积约为地球的1300000倍。
4. 分数表示法
(1) 较小分数的一般读写方法。
如:
1/3 读作:>2/3 读作: two-thirds
3/5 读作: three-fifths
(2) 较复杂分数的简明读写方法。
如:
22/9 读作: twenty-two over nine
a/b 读作: a over b 或 读作a divided by b
43/97 读作: forty-three over ninety-seven
(3) 整数与分数之间须用and连接。
如:
four and a half nine and two fifths
(4) 分数用作前置定语时,分母要用单数形式。注意下列写法与读法。
如:
1/3英里 读作: a>3/4的多数 读作: a three-quarter majority