EXERCISE 7. Translate the following sentences into English.

1.Самые жаркие дни бывают летом. 2. Самая дождливая погода бывает осенью. 3. Чем больше я читаю, тем больше я знаю. 4. Март не такой холодный, как февраль. 5. Математика самый трудный предмет в школе. 6. Москва дальше от Парижа, чем Варшава. 7. Сегодня также холодно, как и вчера. 8. Лучше позже, чем никогда. 9. Этот фильм такой же интересный, как и тот. 10. Это самая ценная картина в Русском музее. 11. Наш город не такой большой, как Самара, но он такой же красивый. 12. Грамматика английского языка легче, чем грамматика русского, но английское произношение труднее.

 

THE NUMERAL: Level A

 

Даты (Dates) Дату можно поставить перед месяцем и после него. Оба варианта будут верны. The first of January. / January the first. С датами употребляются порядковые числительные. (the second, the twenty-second) I was born on the fourteenth of May. Годы (Years) Годы до 2000, произносятся разделяя четыре цифры по две: 1965 = nineteen sixty-five 1871 = eighteen seventy-one 1999 = nineteen ninety-nine 1900 = nineteen hundred 1901 = nineteen oh one Годы начиная с 2000, произносятся “two thousand and __” в Британском английском: 2005 = two thousand and five 2010 = two thousand and ten / возможно также: twenty ten 2012 = two thousand and twelve / twenty twelve Большие числа (Large numbers) Сотни, тысячи, миллионы и т.д. во множественном числе произносятся без “ s” 100 – a (one) hundred 10, 000 – ten thousand (no “s” plural) 12, 000, 000 – twelve million (no “s” plural) 2, 000, 000, 000 – two billion (no “s” plural) 2, 000, 000, 000, 000 – two trillion (no “s” plural) При произношении необходимо отделять разряды числа (сотни, тысячи): 400,000 = four hundred thousand (no “s” plural) При произношении сотни отделяются от десятков словом “and” в Британском английском: 450,000 = four hundred and fifty thousand 400,360 = four hundred thousand and three hundred and sixty Дроби, отношение и проценты (Fractions, ratios and percentages) ½ = one half 1/3 = one third ¼ = one quarter 1/5 = one fifth 1/6 = one sixth 4 / 3 – four over three/four thirds/four-thirds 1 / 10 – one tenth/a tenth/one-tenth 3 / 7 – three sevenths/three-sevenths 112 / 303 – a (one) hundred (and) twelve over three hundred (and) three 5 2 5 – five (and) two-fifths 3. 55 – three point five five 0. 32 – zero point three two 0. 333 – zero point three recurring 0. 35848484 – zero point three five eighty-four recurring 1.5% = one point five percent 0.3% = nought / zero point three percent 2:1 = two to one Произношения 0 (Saying 0) В зависимости от контекста, ноль произносится по-разному: 2-0 (football) = Two nil 30 – 0 (tennis) = Thirty love 604 7721 (phone number) = six oh four double seven two one 0.4 (a number) = nought point four / zero point four 0C (temperature) = zero degrees Математические операции (Talking about calculations) + сложение (plus) 2 + 1 = 3 (two plus one equals three)  – вычитание (minus / take away) 5 – 3 = 2 (five minus three equals two / five take away three equals two) x умножение (multiplied by / times) 2 x 3 = 6 (two multiplied by three equals six / two times three equals six) / деление (divided by) 6 / 3 = 2 (six divided by three equals two) x (y + z) – x times the sum of y plus z / x open parenthesis y plus z close parenthesis (x ＋ y) z – open parenthesis x plus y close parenthesis multiplied by z / parenthesis x plus y parenthesis multiplied by z 31 ÷ 7 = 4 r 3 Thirty-one divided by seven is four with a remainder of three. 4. 1 − 8. 3 ＝ − 4. 2 Four point one minus eight point three equals minus (negative) four point two. 2 ^2 = 4 Two squared is four.             2 ^3 = 8 Two cubed is eight. 2^10 = 1024 Two to the tenth power is one thousand twenty four. ^3 √ 2 − the cube root of two ^n √x −   the n th root of x 2: 3 = 4: 6 Two is to three as four is to six.

EXERCISE 1. Read and translate the following sentences.

1. William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616 in Stratford-upon -Avon. 2. Shakespeare wrote 37 plays. 3. Jack London was born оn the 12th of January 1876 and died in 1916. 4. Оn April 12, 1961 the whole world learned about Gagarin's flight into space.

EXERCISE 2. Read the numbers:

1) 1, 2, 11,12, 13; 27, 69, 248, 1000, 1008, 1096, 2355, 3573;

2) 17th, 20th, 91st, 24th, 149th, 83d, 56th, 150th, 178th, 362d, 209th;

3) 1975, 1982, 1990, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2018, 2103;

4) 700,000; 547,982; 3,012,384; 775,369,000; 21,432,654,871.

EXERCISE 3. Answer the questions and write the numbers.

 1. How many minutes are there in two hours? 2. How many kilometers are there in a mile? 3. What is your normal body-temperature? 4. How many cents are there in $ 2.5? 5. When were you born? 6. What is telephone number?