金融英语Lesson1.pptVIP

Finanial English Unit1 Money Figures five different ways to say 0 in English: 1. We say oh after a decimal point 6.03 six point oh three in telephone numbers eight four oh eight three two one three in bus numbers No. 708 （You get the） seven oh eight in hotel room numbers Room 308 Room three oh eight. in years 1905 nineteen oh five 2. We say nought before the decimal point 0.201 nought point two oh one 3. We say zero for the number 0 the number zero for temperature -5~C five degrees below zero 4. We say nil in football scores 5-0 Spain won five nil. 5. We say love in tennis 15- 0 The score is fifteen love. Now say the following: 1. The exact figure is 0.002. Nought point oh oh two. 2. Can you get back to me on 010 – 5175 – 0123 ? Ill be here all morning. Oh one oh five one seven five oh one two three 3. Can you put that on my bill? Im in room 804. Eight oh four 4. The temperature in north-east China is very low in winter. Usually, its 20 degrees below 0! 20 degrees below zero. 5. Basically, tennis scoring proceeds from 0 to 15 to 30 to 40 to game. Love(0), fifteen(15), thirty(30), forty(40), game(胜局). 6. The result of the game was 3 – 0 . Three-nil. II. THE DECIMAL POINT In English, we use a point (.) and not a comma (,) for decimals. We use commas in figures only when writing thousands. eg.: 10,002 is ten thousand and two. 10.003 is ten point oh oh three In English all the numbers after a decimal point are read separately. eg.: 20.66 twenty point six six √ twenty point sixty six × More examples: 0.243 nought point two four three 0.005 nought point oh oh five You will also hear people say: 0.05 zero point oh five OR oh point oh five But if the number after the decimal point is a unit of money, it is read like a normal number: ￡