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e. 货币单位
dollar/buck 美元 eg. Six bucks 15 dollars 95 cents
quarter 25美分
dime 10美分
nickel 5美分
penny 1美分
英国：pound 英镑
1英镑＝100便士
penny 便士 pence（便士的复数）
20英镑50便士： twenty pounds fifty pence. Or twenty fifty
f. 时间单位
机场，车站报时：使用的是２４小时制，遇到不足１０点要补０
９：３０ o nine thirty
广播报时：Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) / Universal time 格林尼治时间
22pm : 22 hours GMT (BBC)
22 hours universal time
midnight: twenty-four hours 确切时间
g. 表示年份
在二十世纪三十年代 in the 1930’s
读作: in the thirties of the twentieth century
in the nineteen thirties
公元前２５３年：in the year two fifty- three B.C.
h 数字用于货币
表示正常价格: regular price, normal price.
表示价格划算：
It is an excellent price
It is a good price/ bargain.
It is a good buy.
表示价格较贵：dear, expensive, steep, more expensive,
表示价格便宜：bargain price 其它说法：cheap, inexpensive, less expensive.
表示减价出售：on sale, Christmas sale, garage sale(现场旧货出售) sale price
ｉ. 一些数字的词组
on cloud nine 无比幸福
on cloud nine 无比幸福 eg. I was on cloud nine after I won the game.
Your room at sixes and sevens
at sixes and sevens 乱七八糟
on second thoughts 再三考虑
by ones and twos 零零散散
Two heads are better than one. 两个臭皮匠抵个诸葛亮
in the year one 早年
I used to study in America in the year one 早年在美国读书
ten to one 很可能
Ten to one he has forgotten it
three score years and ten 一辈子
I’ll love you three score years and ten.
三、转折题型
重点听but后面的部分
练习：
1． A. The Chairman didn’t attend the Opening Ceremony at the last minute.
B. The Chairman refused to attend the Opening Ceremony at the last minute.
C. The Chairman never changed his mind to attend the Opening Ceremony at the last minute.
D. The Chairman made a last minute decision to attend the Opening Ceremony.
At first, the Chairman didn’t intend to attend the opening ceremony, but the changed his mind at the last minute.
