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【Business notes】 Lee: …. They’ve already loaded up with the 60% of goods they promised us. But they haven’t got the capacity to load up the missing 40%; that’s going to have to come in 24 hours. 小數(shù)的表示方法有很多： 16.5 sixteen point five 注意，小數(shù)點后面的數(shù)字，要一個一個地讀： 表達趨勢的時候，要注意的動詞：
數(shù)字問題
In Episode 6, Malcolm and Lee are discussing the after-effects of the transport strike and the percentage of goods that the packaging company will be able to deliver.
在這一節(jié)當(dāng)中，Malcolm和Lee討論了一下運輸工罷工后的后效，以及裝運公司可以運輸?shù)呢浳锉取?/P>
When dealing with figures, there can be some confusion as to how to correctly describe them.
17.38 seventeen point three eight (not thirty eight)
0.63 zero point six three or nought point six three (British English)
0.05 zero point oh five or nought point oh five
當(dāng)我們表達趨勢的時候，我們要注意當(dāng)中的介詞：
Profits rose 11% to $2.7 billion.
Profits have gone up from 3 million to 4 million euros.
Our business grew by 10% last year.
There’s been a decrease in annual sales of 1 million dollars.
Last year profits stood at 2.5 million pounds.
Sales have increased from $5m to $7m.
Sales doubled in the last quarter.
Profits halved because of the recession.
Sales reached a low point of $1m in April.
Sales plummeted in August.
Sales levelled off towards the end of the year.
n. 遞送，交付，分娩
