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PROGRAMME 32
PART I - The Dialogues
Dialogue 1
Norm不久就要退休了，他和Doris打算到中国去放行。这件事是这样说起来的：有一天，Doris在看旅游小册子......
DORIS:
You know,Norm,about a quarter of these tours are going to China.
NORIS:
Oh,are they?
DORIS:
Yes,you know...I'd really like to go to China?
NORIS:
Would you?
DORIS:
Yes.Helen went there last year.She thought it was marvellous.
NORIS:
Mmm? When I retire we can think about it...if we've got enough money.
Dialogue 2
后来，Norm把打算到中国去放行这件事告诉了同事Fred.

FRED:
What do you and Doris plan to do when you retire,Norm?
NORM:
First... go on a trip. We should have enough money...We've been saving for ages.
FRED:
Any idea where you'll go?
NORM:
Doris wants to go to China.
FRED:
What about you?
NORM:
I'm easy. Plenty of time to think about it, anyway.
FRED:
Well...Half your luck!
PART II - Vocabulary
a half [ ] 一半（复数：halves[ ]）
a third [ ]三分之一
a tour [ ]一次放行；放行团
nought[ ]零
go on a trip [ ]放行
retire[]退休
save[ ]存钱
three quarters of Australia's population [ ]
澳大利亚四分之三的人口
we should have enough money [ ]
我们应该有足够的钱，我们可能会有足够的钱
if we've got enough money[ ]如果我们有足够的钱
I'm easy[ ]我无所谓，我怎么都行。
IDIOM:
Half your luck[ ](=I wish I had half your luck)
我要有你一半那么幸福就好了
NAMES:
Helen[ ](female)
Fred[ ](male) (short of Frederick[ ])
PART III - The Lesson
PART III - The Lesson
DECIMALS,FRACTIONS AND QUANTIT 小数 分数 数量
1、DECIMALS小数
在英语里，小数点是point 例如：
7.2 读作seven point two
.5 读作point five
第二个例子也可以用0.5来表示，读作：nought point five
小数在统计材料中用得最多。例如：
The workers received a 6.5% increase in salary.
在报告体育成绩的时候也用得很多。例如：
The Australian runner,Raelene Boyle, ran 400 metres in 51.26 seconds.
请注意，小数点后面的数字接个位分开读。例如：
31.36 seconds .thirty one point.three six seconds.
506.819. five hundred and six point eight one nine.
2.FRACTIONS分数
a)A half (1/2)
half 这个词，一般要加冠词。例如：
a half
one and a half
然而，如果表明某件东西的一半，通常不加冠词。例如：
half an hour
half (of) the job
half (of) my time
half ot it/them
小数.5也可以用分数1/2来表示
表示时间，可以说half past four等。
b) A quarter (1/4)
我们说 a quarter of an hour/it/the book
表示时间，可以说a quarter past three等
c)其他分数举例
a third of my time
three fifths o the job
注意：我们通常说a third, a fifth等，但有时为了强调，也可以说one third 或one fifth.比如，在对比两个数字的时候，就一定要用one,而不用a.
Do you want one third or two thirds?
在读分数的时候，除了1/2(a half)和1/4(a quarter) 以外，用基数词（one ,two,three等）读分子，用序数词（third,fifth,sixth）读分母。例如：
1/3=a /one third 2/3=two thirds
1/3=an/one eighth 3/8=three eighths
3.A QUANTITY FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE一定的数量
a)在广播里，Norm说道：
When I retire we can think about it if we've got enough money.
后半句话提出了一个条件，意思是如果他们有足够的钱，就可以考虑去旅行。所谓“足够的钱”，是针对一定的目的而言的，在这里指的就是“去旅行”。下面再举几个例子：
I've got ENOUGH paint TO do the ceiling.
He caught ENOUGH fish FOR everyone.
There's ENOUGH paper TO write a letter.
如果enough所修饰的名词是可数名词，则要用复数形式。例如：
I've got enough books for everyone.
There are enough bananas for the whole family.
b)Plenty (of) 的意思是“充足的”、“很多的”。例如：
There's PLENTY OFtime FOR us to finish the job.
I've had PLENTY (OF food),thanks.

署名感谢网友“小昔”利用休息时间抄录出该篇原文。---2006年5月27号。