Number Pronunciation 数字发音.pdf

Q and A of the Week 你问我答 Number pronunciation 数字的发音  关于台词的备注: 请注意这不是广播节目的逐字稿件。本文稿可能没有体现录制、编辑过程中对节目做出的改变。  請注意：中文文字内容只提供簡體版 Li: 大家好欢迎收听《你问我答》节目. I’m Li… and I’m hoping Rob can join us. Rob: [door opens] Hi Li. Oh, I see you’ve started already. Li: Yes, I’ve been sitting here for over half an hour waiting for you. Where have you been? Rob: What do you mean? You said to meet at two-fifty. Li: No, I said two-fifteen [pronounces fifty]. Rob: Yes, two-fifty. Ten minutes to three – I’m on time. Li: No! Two-fifteen [pronounces fifty]. A quarter past two. Rob: You mean two-fifteen ! Li: Two-fifteen. Oh, I see. I didn’t pronounce it properly, did I? Rob: Well, not to worry – I’m here now. I’ve seen that we’ve had an email about this very problem. Let’s listen to the question from Yvonne Chan: Insert I have a question about the pronunciation of English numbers, such as thirteen(13) and thirty(30), fourteen(14) and forty(40), fifteen(15)and fifty(50). How to pronounce the numbers that will make myself understand by others? Li: Yvonne Chan 也碰到了类似的问题她想让我们给解释和示范某些英语数字的发音。So Yvonne has a similar problem. How do you pronounce English numbers that sound the same or similar? Rob: Well, the stress on the words is very important; otherwise you can cause confusion. Q and A of the Week 你问我答 © British Broadcasting Corporation 2012 Page 1 of 3 /learningenglish Li: 单词的重音非常重要。Which numbers usually get mixed up? Rob: As Yvonne says, numbers in the teens – so thirteen, fourteen, fifteen and so on can be confused with multiples of ten ending in a zero: so twenty,