1. 时间:30用to,30用past, half past, 或者直接用数字表达,15分钟用a quarter。介词用at,上午用 AM, 下午用PM。夜里12点多是AM,12:01(twelve oh one AM)
2. 年代:1987(nineteen eighty-seven), 1900(nineteen hundred), 1650(sixteen fifty), 1650s(sixteen fifties, in the middle of the 17th century), at the turn of the century(世纪之交), 2008 (two thousand and eight, twenty oh eight), decade (十年),fortnight(two weeks)
3. 十几和几十的分辨(听元音的长短,及重音)14, fourteen, 40 forty can, can’t
4. 电话号码:按数字读,一般三位,三位的读。419-911-9123, 零可以读zero, oh, naught, 两个零在末尾读hundred,三个零可以读thousand。两个数字读double, 三个读triple. Country code, area code, extension, exchange, operator, incoming call, text message, short message, pager, page
5. 小数,分数:0.35 –zero point three five 6.5-six point five分数:one third, two thirds
6. 货币:pound(pounds), penny(pennies), dollar, cent, euro, yen, yuan, 注意符号的写法¥£$。5.67-five sixty-seven, 5.6-five sixty
7. 月份The fourteenth of July( July 14th ) (July the fourteenth), 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 11th , 12th, 13th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 月份可以写缩写,9月份要写成Sept
8. 字母G, j, v, w, n, m的读法
9. 数字的读法thousand, million (m), billion(bn) 3,456,789(three million, four hundred and fifty-sixty thousand, seven hundred and nine)
One hundred and eighty
One hundred and ninety
10. 人名:first name, second name, given name, family name, surname, nickname, Zhou, Jielun or Jielun Zhou O’Neil, (apostrophe), MacDonald, (capital letter)VanPatten