【Business notes】
数字问题
In Episode 6, Malcolm and Lee are discussing the after-effects of the transport strike and the percentage of goods that the packaging company will be able to deliver.
在这一节当中,Malcolm和Lee讨论了一下运输工罢工后的后效,以及装运公司可以运输的货物比。
Lee: …. They’ve already loaded up with the 60% of goods they promised us. But they haven’t got the capacity to load up the missing 40%; that’s going to have to come in 24 hours.
When dealing with figures, there can be some confusion as to how to correctly describe them.
小数的表示方法有很多:
16.5 sixteen point five
17.38 seventeen point three eight (not thirty eight)
注意,小数点后面的数字,要一个一个地读:
0.63 zero point six three or nought point six three (British English)
0.05 zero point oh five or nought point oh five
当我们表达趋势的时候,我们要注意当中的介词:
Profits rose 11% to $2.7 billion.
Profits have gone up from 3 million to 4 million euros.
Our business grew by 10% last year.
There’s been a decrease in annual sales of 1 million dollars.
Last year profits stood at 2.5 million pounds.
表达趋势的时候,要注意的动词:
Sales have increased from $5m to $7m.
Sales doubled in the last quarter.
Profits halved because of the recession.
Sales reached a low point of $1m in April.
Sales plummeted in August.
Sales levelled off towards the end of the year.