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Let's talk about numbers.
让我们来谈谈数字。
Mini English Lessons
迷你英语课
Don't worry. I'm not here to give you a maths lesson, but I do want to talk about numbers.
别担心，我不是来给你上数学课的，但是我确实想谈谈数字。
We all know how to count.
我们都知道如何数数。
It's something we've been doing since a very young age.
我们从很小的时候就在数数了。
I have twenty five meetings today. That would be a lot.
我今天有25个会议。那也太多了。
But what about ordinal numbers?
但是序数词呢？
First, second, third.
第一，第二，第三。
If we run a race and I win, I come first.
如果我们赛跑，我赢了，我就是第一名。
If there are five speakers at a conference and I am speaker number five, I am the fifth speaker.
如果会议上有五个演讲者，而我是第五个演讲者，那么我就是第五个发言的人。
Can you hear the difference in pronunciation?
你能听出发音上的区别吗？
Some of my students struggle with this.
我的一些学生觉得这个发音很难。
Five has a long 'i' sound for counting.
Five这个基数词有一个长i音。
Fifth has a short 'i' sound for the ordinal numbers.
Fifth这个序数词有一个短i音。
We use this to talk about the order and for dates.
我们用第五来谈论顺序和日期。
My birthday is the fifth of May.
我的生日是五月五日。
The twenty-fifth of December is Christmas.
12月25日是圣诞节。
Don't forget that for first, second, and third, we also use these for dates.
不要忘记，我们也用第一、第二、第三表示日期。
So the twenty-first of June.
21st of June。（6月21日）
Make sure to add that 'st'.
请务必加上st。
It's not twenty one of June.
不是21 of June。
Same with twenty-second of March.
3月22日也是一样。
We need to add that 'nd' at the end.
我们需要在结尾处加上nd。
It's not twenty two March.
不是22 of March。
And finally, twenty-third.
最后，第二十三。
We need to add that 'rd', the twenty-third of July.
我们需要加上rd，7月23日。
There you go everyone, counting numbers and ordinal numbers.
基数词和序数词，你们学会了吗？
