分?jǐn)?shù)
表示分?jǐn)?shù)時(shí),分子要用基數(shù)詞,分母用序數(shù)詞。如果分子大于1,分母必須用復(fù)數(shù)形式:
1/3→a(one)third
2/3→two thirds
1/4→a(one)quarter(或fourth)
3/7→three sevenths
1/2→應(yīng)讀作a(one)half
*比較復(fù)雜的分?jǐn)?shù)如:24/789,多讀作 twenty four over seven hundred and eighty nine。
小數(shù)
表示小數(shù)時(shí),小數(shù)點(diǎn)前面的基數(shù)詞和前面講的基數(shù)詞的讀法相同;小數(shù)點(diǎn)后的數(shù)字則必須一一讀出:
0.0089→(zero /naught)point zero zero eight nine
1.36→one point three six
百分?jǐn)?shù)
百分?jǐn)?shù)由percent表示,百分號(hào)%讀作 percent,應(yīng)用時(shí)常與by連用。
0.68%→zero point six eight percent
6%→six percent
369%→three hundred and sixty nine percent
The output of steel went up by 20 percent.鋼產(chǎn)量增長(zhǎng)20%。
The price of cotton was reduced by 20 percent.棉花的價(jià)格下降了20%。
The loss of water has been reduced to less than 30 percent.水的損耗減少到30%以下。