分爲基數詞和序數詞
Cardinal Ordinal
1 one 1st first
2 two 2nd second
3 three 3rd third
4 four 4th fourth
5 five 5th fifth
6 six 6th sixth
7 seven 7th seventh
8 eight 8th eighth
9 nine 9th ninth
10 ten 10th tenth
11 eleven 11th eleventh
12 twelve 12th twelfth
13.thirteen 13th thirteenth
14 fourteen 14th fourteenth
15 fifteen 15th fifteenth
16 sixteen 16th sixteenth
17 seventeen 17th seventeenth
18 eighteen 18th eighteenth
19 nineteen 19th nineteenth
20 twenty 20th twentieth
21 twenty-one 21st twenty-first
22 twenty-two 22nd twenty-second
30 thirty 30th thirtieth
40 forty 40th fortieth
50 fifty 50th fiftieth
60sixty 60th sixtieth
70seventy 70th seventieth
80eighty 80th eightieth
90ninety 90th ninetieth
100 a hundred 100th hundredth
0 *nought 0 is pronounced nought before a point and oh after a point in
British English. It is pronounced zero in US English.
100 a hundred
1,000 a thousand
1,000,000 a million
1,000,000,000 a billion (US English)
1,000,000,000,000 a billion (British English)
In the pass, US and British billions were not the same. But US billions are now often used by British companies and newspapers.
Fractions
1/4 a quarter 1/3 a third 1/2 a half 4/5 four fifths
Decimals
0.5 nought point five
0.25 nought point two five
10.06 ten point oh six
27.27 twenty-seven point two seven
*Pronounce numbers individually after a decimal point.
Telling the time
A simple way to tell the time is to say the numbers.
10.20 ten twenty 11.15 eleven fifteen
4.45 four forty-five
You can say the hours in two ways:
9：00 nine or nine o’clock
But don’t make this common mistake
nine-thirty o’clock----- This is wrong.
If you need to be exact you can say: ten a.m. or ten in the morning
and ten p.m. or ten at night
You can also tell the time in this way:
1.00 one o’clock 3.10 ten past three 4.15 a quarter past four 5.30 half past five
5.35 twenty-five to six 6.45 a quarter to seven (這種表達時間的方式在口語和考試中經常出現)
Days: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Months: January February March April May June July
August September October November December
Seasons: spring summer autumn (US English: fall) winter
Years: Written Spoken
1992 nineteen ninety-two
1066 ten sixty-six
1908
1900
2008
Dates: BE AE
Spoken The sixteenth of September(16th Sept.) Sixteenth September
September the sixteenth (Sept. 16th) September sixteenth
Written 16(th) September 16(th) September
16/9/98 9/16/98
電話號碼錶達：62196566 電話號碼通常一位一位的讀。 double /triple]
錢的表達法：￡8.50 eight pounds fifty pence eight pounds fifty
eight fifty
2. 工作和考試中常見國家、國籍、首都及重大城市名稱：
亞洲
China Chinese Beijing
Japan Japanese Tokyo (Osaka, Yokohama, Kobe)
South Korea South Korean Seoul
Thailand Thai Bangkok
Indonesia Indonesian Jakarta
Vietnam Vietnamese Hanoi
Malaysia Malaysian Kuala Lumpur
Pakistan Pakistani Islamabad
Philippines Philippine Manila
Singapore
Hong Kong
Macao
India Indian New Delhi(Bombay)
歐洲
Italy Italian Rome
Sweden Swedish Stockholm
Switzerland Swiss Geneva
Norway Norwegian Oslo
Finland Finnish Helsinki
Denmark Danish Copenhagen
Germany German Berlin (Bonn/ Hamburg)
France French Paris
Britain (the UK) British London
Spain Spanish Madrid
Russia Russian Moscow
Austria Austrian Vienna
Greece Greek Athens
Poland Polish Warsaw
美洲
The USA ( North American) Washington(Chicago/New York/San Francisco
Seattle/Hawaii / Los Angeles/Detroit/Atlanta
Canada Canadian Ottawa (Montreal/Vancouver/Toronto)
Mexico Mexican Mexico City
Brazil Brazilian Brasilia ( Rio De Janeiro or Rio/Sao Paulo)
Argentina Argentino Buenos Aires
Chile Santiago
Peru
Lima
大洋洲
Australia Australian Canberra (Sydney/Melbourne/Perth)
New Zealand New Zealander Wellington
非洲
Egypt Egyptian Cairo
補充：
Middle East: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon
African States: Kenya, Nigeria（尼日利亞）, South Africa
Eastern Europe: Hungary, Czech
3．在考試中曾經出現的公司的不同稱呼：
1 company
Our company imports general merchandise.
Co.
The London Trading Co.
Shell Co.
limited Ltd
The Beijing Electric Light Company, Ltd.
International Trading Co. Ltd.
Inc.=Incorporated
Oriental Horizons Inc
joint venture company
joint stock company
2 corporation
China national export Commodities packing Corporation
Corp. American Natural Resources Corp.
Limited liability company
3 firm
We have got no reply from that firm.
Generally, firms have two principal sources of investment funds---debt and equity.
4 concern
firm house company
It was then the greatest publishing concern.
They are a big concern.
A going concern.
5 associated company (associate)
Our associated company there will have the labels printed to comply with the FDA regulations.
Associated Container Line
Associated Newspapers
6 house
She works for a big publishing house.
London fashion house
7 business
Many shipping businesses are facing collapse this year because of uneconomic freight rates.
8 line
Trans World Airlines
9 syndicate
10 transnational corporation/multi-national enterprise/international firm
11 branch/division
12 subsidiary
13group
14plc=public limited company
15state (owned) enterprise Foreign (owned) company Franchise
16 organization
4．公司中的各個部門、職位的稱呼：
Department=Dept. division=section
Human Resources:
Training: organizes and arranges training courses for the staff
Personnel: recruits new employees
Wages and Salaries: pays the staff
Production (Manufacturing):
Production: manufactures(produces) the products
Packaging: packs the products and puts them in boxes and crates
Distribution: dispatches the products and sends them to the customers
Quality Control: checks the quality---organizes control systems to prevent mistakes.
Maintenance: services (takes care of ) the machines and equipment.
Marketing:
Marketing: plans how to sell new products
Sales: sells the products to customers
After(Post)-Sales Services: is responsible for after after-sales care and looks after customers’
problems and complaints
Advertising: runs advertising campaigns and places ads in magazines
Finance:
Purchasing ( Buying): buys (purchases) supplies
Customers’ Accounts: sends invoices to customers ( invoices customers)
Financial Services: deals with taxation, investment, and cash management.
補充部門：
Accounting: working out the company’s costs and its profits
Administrative (Administration): in charge of the control and direction of affairs of the company
Bookkeeping: keeping the accounts of money of business company.
Promotion: helping the selling of products
Reception: receiving visitors to a hotel or large organization
Transportation: carrying goods from one place to another
Warehousing: storing the company’s products
PR=Public Relations HR=Human Resources QC=Quality Control
IT=Information Technology R&D=Research and Development
Post room Stationery Dept. Typing pool restroom Canteen/Cafeteria/Dining hall
各種職位：
accountant, book keeper, buyer(purchaser), clerk, Finance Manager, secretary ( Company Secretary)
Price controller, Production supervisor, quality controller, retail sales manager, receptionist
Sales manager/executive/assistant/agent/person/ representative(rep)/coordinator
PA=Personal Assistant
Rep. = Representative
BE: manager Managing Director(MD)/CE Board of Directors Chairman
AE: Director Chief Executive Officer(CEO) CFO COO CKO President
考試中常見的貨幣符號 ￥=Japanese Yen ＄=dollar ￡=pound
