新东方英语900句提高篇59

5901
Lesson Fifty-nine Numbers 数字
Excuse me, may I have the time? It‘s a quarter to seven.
对不起，请问现在几点了？7点差一刻。

May I have the time? What time is it?
Do you have the time? Do you have time?你有空吗？
half past seven half pass nine half pass twelve
nine o'clock eight o'clock five o'clock
nine a.m. nine p.m.
It‘s eleven thirty five. It's nine twenty. It's eight forty-five.
It's eight thirty five. It's eight fifteen. It's nine forty-five.
It's three forty-five. It's three forty-two. It's seven twenty.
It's twelve twelve. It's ten ten.
It‘s starts at three o抍lock sharp.
It's starts at nine o'clock. It‘s nearly three o抍lock.
It's almost three o'clock. It's about three o'clock.

5902
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What‘s the date today? It‘s Oct 6th.
今天几号？今天是十月六日。

What‘s day is it today? 今天礼拜几？
Monday 星期一
Tuesday 星期二
Wednesday 星期三
Thursday 星期四
Friday 星期五
Saturday 星期六
Sunday 星期天
It‘s Friday. 今天很倒霉。

5903
Lesson Fifty-nine Numbers 数字
What‘s the date today? It‘s Oct 6th.
今天几号？今天是十月六日。

January 一月 February 二月 March 三月
April 四月 May 五月 June 六月
July 七月 August 八月 September 九月
October 十月 November 十一月 December 十二月
April Fool‘s Day 愚人节

5904
Lesson Fifty-nine Numbers 数字
What‘s the date today? It‘s Oct 6th.
今天几号？今天是十月六日。

first 一号 second 二号 third 三号
twenty 二十号 thirty 三十
twenty-first 二十一号 twenty-second 二十二号
twenty-seventh 二十七号 twenty-ninth 二十九号
thirty-first 三十一号
It‘s June twenty-fourth.
It‘s October first.
July the fourth.
July the fourteenth.

5905
Lesson Fifty-nine Numbers 数字
What‘s the date today? It‘s Oct 6th.
今天几号？今天是十月六日。

When is the Labor¹ Day? It‘s May first.
When is the Children‘s Day? It‘s June first.
March eighth
When is the Chirstmas? It‘s December 25.
Chirstmas tree 圣诞树
Chirstmas card 圣诞卡
Father Chirstmas / Santa Claus 圣诞老人
Chirstmas dinner 圣诞大餐

5906
Lesson Fifty-nine Numbers 数字
Carl is 26. He was born in 1977.
卡尔26岁了，他生于1977年。

Carl is thirty. He was born in 1970.
I was born in 1975.

5907
Lesson Fifty-nine Numbers 数字
What‘s the interest rate for demand deposits? It‘s 2.1%.
活期存款的利率是多少？是百分之二点一。

demand deposit 活期存款 time deposit 定期存款
interest rate 利率 credit card 信用卡
open an account 开帐户 over draw 透支
draw 取款 draw some money
deposit 存款 deposit some money
5.1% 9.1% 0.1% 0.8% 0.9%

5908
Lesson Fifty-nine Numbers 数字
What‘s the exchange rate today? One dollar is equal to 8.3 yuan.
今天的汇率是多少？一美元合八点三元。

exchange rate 汇率
be equal to 折合
美元 dollar
欧元 Euro
日元 Japanese yen²
人民币 RMB yuan
港币 Hongkong dollar
英镑 pound
1 pound is equal to 12 RMB yuan.
1 dollar is equal to 99 Japanese yen.

5909
Lesson Fifty-nine Numbers 数字
Athens will host the 28th Summer Olympic Games in 2004.
雅典将于2004年主办第28届夏季奥运会。

Beijing will host the 29th Summer Olympic Games in 2008.

5910
Lesson Fifty-nine Numbers 数字
The United States has a territory of 9,372,610 square kilometers.
美国拥有9,372,610平方公里的领土面积。

thousand
million
billion

5911
Lesson Fifty-nine Numbers 数字
Canada is the second largest county in the world with a small population of 28,529,000.
加拿大是世界上第二大的国家，但她的人口只有28,529,000。

5912
Lesson Fifty-nine Numbers 数字
The total revenue of this multinational³ was 21 billion dollars last year.
这家跨国公司去年的总收入是210亿美元。

5913
Lesson Fifty-nine Numbers 数字
Professor Green lives in Room 806 on the 8th floor.
格林教授住在第八层的806房间。

5914
Lesson Fifty-nine Numbers 数字
1/6 of the staff was laid off during last year‘s recession.
在去年的经济衰退中，有六分之一的员工被裁掉了。

laid off worker 下岗职工
1/6 5/6 1/3 2/3

5915
Lesson Fifty-nine Numbers 数字
According to the newspaper, the stock index has dropped by 11% in one week.
报纸上说，股票指数在一个礼拜内跌了11个百分点。

5916
Lesson Fifty-nine Numbers 数字
The circulation of Time magazine has reached eight million.
时代周刊的发行量已经达到了八百万份。

circulation 循环
blood circulation 血液循环
circulation 发行量
billion 十亿
million 百万
thousand 千
millions of 数以百万的
ten thousands of
thousands of 成千上万的
billions of 数十亿的

5917
Lesson Fifty-nine Numbers 数字
Marathon is 42.195 kilometers long.
马拉松的赛程是42.195公里。

5918
Lesson Fifty-nine Numbers 数字
Michael Jordan is six feet and six inches tall.
迈克尔·乔丹的身高是六英尺六英寸。

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。

3 multinational   

adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司

参考例句：

• The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
• He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。