《小王子英文版》精读笔记Chapter 13-2

“Three and two make five. Five and seven make twelve. Twelve and three make fifteen. Good morning. Fifteen and seven make twenty-two. Twenty-two and six make twenty-eight. I haven’t time to light it again. Twenty-six and five make thirty-one. Phew! Then that makes five hundred and one million, six hundred twenty two thousand, seven hundred thirty one.”

〖精读笔记〗

◆英语加法

“加”用and/plus表示

“等于”用is/are，make，equal 表示

2+12=17

Five and/plus twelve is/are seventeen.

Five and/plus twelve equal(s) seventeen.

Five and/plus twelve make(s) seventeen.

Five and/plus twelve is/are equal to seventeen.

谓语动词可用单数也可用复数

◆have time to do sth. 有时间做某事

◆light [laɪt] vt. 照亮；点燃

◆Phew [fjuː] int.（感叹词）唷; 书面语中用来表示吃惊、松口气或酷热难耐等

◆长数字的英语表达方式

→ 表达长数字时，从右向左，每隔三位划一个逗号，倒数第一个逗号之前用thousand，倒数第二个逗号之前用million，倒数第三个逗号之前用billion，然后一节一节分别表示

tips 20—99之间，十位数和个位数之间必须加连字符thirty-one