一、3-4位數(shù)的讀法
先說幾百,后加and,再加末兩位數(shù)或末位數(shù)。
202讀作:two hundred and two
234讀作:two hundred and thirty-four
1,234讀作:one thousand two hundred and thirty-four
注意:這里的 hundred 不能加復(fù)數(shù)后綴s。
二、5位數(shù)以上的讀法
漢語和英語數(shù)字表達(dá)的方式不同。漢語是個(gè),十,百,千,萬,十萬,百萬,千萬,億,十億,也就是以十的倍數(shù)來表示;而英語則是在數(shù)字超過千以后,以千(thousand)的倍數(shù)來表達(dá)的。如一萬是十千,即 ten thousand;十萬是百千,即 hundred thousand,直至百萬,million。百萬以上的數(shù)字則用百萬的倍數(shù)表達(dá);如千萬是十百萬,即 ten million;億是百百萬,即 hundred million,直至十億,billion。 所以英文表達(dá)數(shù)字時(shí)可以從右往左,三位一逗號(hào),逗號(hào)從右往左分別對(duì)應(yīng)的是:thousand, million, billion, etc。
例如:1207210472,可以先處理成1,207,210,472,這樣這個(gè)數(shù)字用英文完整的讀作:one billion two hundred and seven million two hundred and ten thousand four hundred and seven-two
注意: 這里的 thousand, million, billion 的后面也不能加復(fù)數(shù)后綴s。
根據(jù)這個(gè)規(guī)律,大家來試著練習(xí)以下幾個(gè)數(shù)字的讀法吧:
11,234
eleven thousand two hundred and thirty-four
155,721
one hundred and fifty-five thousand, seven hundred and twenty-one
6,155,702
six million, one hundred and fifty-five thousand, seven hundred and two
26,000,008
twenty-six million and eight
326,414,718
three hundred and twenty-six million, four hundred and fourteen thousand, seven hundred and eighteen
4,302,000,000
four billion three hundred and two million