不可不知的英语语法--各种数字读法

不可不知的英语语法--各种数字读法

(1)年号的读法：

1979←→nineteen seventy-nine or nineteen hundred(and) seventy-nine;

(2)电话号码、货币的读法：

1023←→one o two three;1227←→one double

two(or two two)seven;.25←→four

dollars(and)twenty-five(cents);

(3)小数点的读法：

13.91←→thi rteen

decimal(point)nineone;0.23=nought demical two three;

(4)算术式的读法：

2+3=5 Two plus three is(equals,isequal to)five.

5-3=2 Five minus three is equal to two.

3×2=6 Three times two is six.or Three by two are six.

9÷3=3 Nine divided bythreemak esthree.

形容词(二)：

1.限定用法：形容词紧靠着〔代)名词，直接修饰该

〔代)名词。

(1)前位修饰：

(A)字尾为en或表比较的形容词，大多只能作限定用法，放在名词的前面。

a wooden leg;earthen ware;his elder sister;the upper room,etc.

(B)下列这些形容词只有限定用法，没有叙述用法。

upper;former;latter;outer;inner;utmost;mere;only;ut ter;main;certain;very;live;spare;

(C)形容词前有so;no;too;how等字时，不定冠词应放在形容词之后。

He could not do it in so short a time.

He is no less remarkable a man than his elder brother(is).

(2)后位修饰：

(A)名词之后的数词＋名词＋

old;long;high;wide;deep;etc.

a man eighty-five years old;a river two hundred miles long;

(B)为加强语气或音调美，而将限定形容词放在后面。

He had a face thin and worn,but eager and

resolute.

(C)something;anything;everyone;anybody...＋形容词。

I’ll tell you something very important.

That’s nothing new.

(D)由形容词子句省略主词和动词而不的过去(或现在)分词或形容词片语。

I have answered all the

letters(whichwere)received(byme).

Alfred was a king anxious for his

people’swelfare.

2.叙述用法：形容词作补语，间接地修饰〔代)名词。

He was awake all the night.(主词补语)

The noise kept me awake.(受词补语)

注：可作限定用法和叙述用法的形容词。

I have many trustworthy friends.和All of my friends are trustworthy.

It was a hot and sultry day.和The weather became hot and sultry.(待续)