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e. 貨幣單位
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
英國：pound 英鎊
1英鎊＝100便士
penny 便士 pence（便士的復數）
20英鎊50便士： twenty pounds fifty pence. Or twenty fifty
f. 時間單位
機場，車站報時：使用的是２４小時制，遇到不足１０點要補０
９：３０ o nine thirty
廣播報時：Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) / Universal time 格林尼治時間
22pm : 22 hours GMT (BBC)
22 hours universal time
midnight: twenty-four hours 確切時間
g. 表示年份
在二十世紀三十年代 in the 1930’s
讀作: 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 數字用于貨幣
表示正常價格: regular price, normal price.
表示價格劃算：
It is an excellent price
It is a good price/ bargain.
It is a good buy.
表示價格較貴：dear, expensive, steep, more expensive,
表示價格便宜：bargain price 其它說法：cheap, inexpensive, less expensive.
表示減價出售：on sale, Christmas sale, garage sale(現場舊貨出售) sale price
ｉ. 一些數字的詞組
on cloud nine 無比幸福
on cloud nine 無比幸福 eg. I was on cloud nine after I won the game.
Your room at sixes and sevens
at sixes and sevens 亂七八糟
on second thoughts 再三考慮
by ones and twos 零零散散
Two heads are better than one. 兩個臭皮匠抵個諸葛亮
in the year one 早年
I used to study in America in the year one 早年在美國讀書
ten to one 很可能
Ten to one he has forgotten it
three score years and ten 一輩子
I’ll love you three score years and ten.
三、轉折題型
重點聽but后面的部分
練習：
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.
