成人专升本《英语》措辞备考三

基数 词

考试大纲规定

基数词以及使用方法;序数词的组成以及使用方法;成绩词的组成;小数的使用方法。

一、基数词以及关键使用方法

表明数量的词称基数词。15 fifteen，几千几百不用s，242 two hundred and forty-two，5058 five thousand and fifty-eight，9，600，000 nine million six hundred thousand

1.基数词可以用以数据的测算。

6 8=14 Six plus eight is fourteen.

9-7=2 Nine minus seven is two.

7X5= 35 Seven times five is thirty-five.

8÷4=2 Eight divided by four is two.

2.基数词可以表明人的大概年纪和时代。

He died in his fifties.

This took place in 1990s/1990s.

The professor became successful in his thirties.

3.基数词可以用于表述年代、時间、联系电话。

1700 seventeen hundred

1814 eighteen fourteen

9：20 nine twenty

11：30 eleven thirty/ half past eleven

5：45 five forty-five/ a quarter to six

88760231 eight eight seven， six zero two， three one

4.基数词可以用以序号。

Number six， line 4， page 19， Bus(No.) 332， Platform (No.) 5， Room 101

5.基数词可以和别的词一起组成生成修饰词，在语句中作定语。

A one-month-old baby can recognize its mother by smell.

This eleven-month-old baby can speak a few words.

(The baby is eleven months old.)

The teacher asked us to write a four-thousand-word essay as our homework.

(There are four thousand words in the essay.)

This four-paragraph essay is too difficult for me to understand.

(There are four paragraphs in this essay. )