7.Money 货币
British currency 英币
6d. = six pence 六便士
1/2d. = a halfpenny 半便士
11/2d. = a peney halfpenny or three halfpeny or three halfpence一便士半
1/4d. = a farthing 一个铜元
33/4d.= three pence three farghings 三便士三铜元
1s.6d. = one and six 一先令六便士
£1.18 = = one pound eighteen 一镑十八先令
£1.3s.6d. = one pound, three shillings sixpence
4/51/2 = four and five pence halfpenny
U.S. currency
?1.20 dollar twenty 美金一元二角
?4.25 = four dollars twenty-five cents 美金四元二角五分
Soviet currency 前苏联币
6 Rb. 15 = six roubles fifteen kopecks 六卢布十五戈比
German currency 德币
1 m. 60 = one mark sixty pfennig -马克六十芬尼
French currency 法国币
1 fr.30 = one franc. thirty -法郎三十生丁
0 fr.15 = fifteen centimes 十五生丁
Chinese Peoples Currency 人民币
?1.50 = one yuan and a half 一元五角
JMP 10.35 = JMP ten yuan thirty-five 人民币十元三角五分
附注:yuan单复数没变化:?也可作为日本本位币圆的符号。
8. Weight and Measures 度量衡
length,area, and volume 长度、面积和容积
3 in = three inches 三英寸
15 ft.5 in = fifteen foot five 十五英尺五英寸
[附注] 特别在inches省略时, ft.读作foot;假如inches也念出来,ft可以读作fett.
186 5/1= eighteen foot six and a fifth
108feet= ten by eight feet 十英尺长,八英尺宽
5431/2 = five inches by four by three and a half 长五英寸,宽四英寸,高中三年级英寸半
[附注] 以上二例中,乘号表示面积或容积。
Weight 重量
12 dr. 23 gr.= Twelve drams twenty-three grains 十二打兰二十三喱
10 oz. 4 dr. = Ten ounces four drams 十盎司打兰
Capacity 容量
3 gi. = three gills 三及耳
1 qt. 1 pt = one quart one pint1 一夸脱一品脱
[附注] qt.,pt. 的复数是qts.,pts.,也可以不加s.
20 gal2. 5 qt. =Twenty gallons five quarts 二十加仑五夸脱
5 bu. 3 pk. = Five bushels three pecks 五蒲式耳三配克