口译课件Chapter2.ppt

Chapter 2 Number practice Class Activity Practice with your partner (no note-taking) Get a sense of small numbers 1. Cardinal Numbers Chinese Counting Units 个、十、百、千、万、亿 English Counting Units Thousand, million, billion, trillion 1万=10 thousand 10万=100 thousand 100万=1 million 1000万=10 million 1亿=100 million 10亿=1 billion 100亿=10 billion 1000亿=100 billion 1万亿= 1 trillion Big figures 245,980 23,9800 870,990,000 145,5798 34,456,487 Number practice Listen to the recording and 1) repeat what you’ve heard 2) interpret the figures Note-taking: figures 2. Rates ratios Some abbreviations commonly used in rates and ratios: 2:3 2 to 3 50kph 50 kilometers per hour 100mph 100 miles per hour 50 kg/sq cm 50 kilograms per square centimeter 80rpm 80 rounds per minute 120 wpm 120 words per minute 8% pa 8% per annum 10kw 10 kilowatts Supplementary material 3. Trends To indicate upward movement to rise; a rise to increase; an increase to climb: a climb to jump; a jump to hike; a hike to soar; to rocket; to gain; 3. Trends To indicate downward movement to fall; a fall to decrease; a decrease to drop: a drop to decline; a decline to slump; a slump to plummet; to plunge; to tumble; to go down, to slide, a downturn, a collapse, falling off, How to use arrows Adverbs Very intense dramatically sharp substantially considerably far much Very gentle a little slightly somewhat marginally 4. Stability and fluctuation When dealing with figures such as economic output, industrial productivity or international interest rates, it is important to understand the distinctions between various words showing stability or fluctuation. Some of the most common