В языке
имеют
На
В
на
Знакомые вам числительные hundred, thousand, million
ор
английском
особенности
некоторые
употребления. Указывая
конкретное
количество,
данные числительные используются
известной тебе
форме.
a (one) hundred = 100
a (one) hundred houses
two thousand = 2,000
two thousand people
four million = 4,000,000
four million stars
Однако ДЛЯ
обозначения большого
числа предметов,
людей или животных
без
ИХ
указания
точное
количество
английском
В
такие
языке существуют
сочетания, как hundreds of, thousands of, millions of:
hundreds of people сотни людей
thousands of children - — тысячи детей
millions of birds миллионы птиц
Сравните:
hundreds of fish
two hundred fish
three thousand flags
thousands of flags
millions of lights
five million lights
союза аnd при
на использование
Обратите внимание
чтении многозначных чисел:
8,328,497 eight million three hundred and twenty-eight
thousand four hundred and ninety-seven
е пт русского, в английском языке в многозначны
тысячи и т. д. Отделяют
2. Chicago is on Lake Michigan.
3. Russia is washed by the Arctic Ocean.
4. Kiev is to the south of Moscow.
5. The Philippines are situated to the southeast of Asia.
6. The Neva flows into the Gulf of Finland.
7. Kazbek is the highest peak of the Caucasus.
8. Europe and America are separated by the Atlantic Ocean.
9. The Nile flows across the northeastern part of Africa to the Mediterranean Sea.
Woman:Yes , i was looking at that sweater in the window.
Salesman: The gray and pink one?
Woman: No, the blue one.
Salesman: Oh! The man’s sweater.
Woman: That’s right. It’s for my husband. What colours does it come in?
Salesman: We have navy blue, light green and pale blue.
Woman: Do you have a navy blue one in extra large?
Salesman: Let’s see … small, medium, large … oh yes, here you are. Extra large. It’s a good quality sweater. 100% wool, made in Italy.
Woman: Sure. I’ll take it. How much is that?
Salesman: Eighty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents.