BEC 基础(I)

　1． 数字

　　分为基数词和序数词
　　Cardinal                     Ordinal
　　1 one                            1st first
　　2 two                            2nd second
　　3 three                         3rd third
　　4 four                           4th fourth
　　5 five                            5th fifth
　　6 six                             6th sixth
　　7 seven                       7th seventh
　　8 eight                         8th eighth
　　9 nine                          9th ninth
　　10 ten                          10th tenth
　　11 eleven                    11th eleventh
　　12 twelve                     12th twelfth
　　13.thirteen                   13th thirteenth
　　14 fourteen                       14th fourteenth
　　15 fifteen                         15th fifteenth
　　16 sixteen                         16th sixteenth
　　17 seventeen                       17th seventeenth
　　18 eighteen                        18th eighteenth
　　19 nineteen                        19th nineteenth
　　20 twenty                         20th twentieth
　　21 twenty-one                      21st twenty-first
　　22 twenty-two                      22nd twenty-second
　　30 thirty                           30th thirtieth
　　40 forty                            40th fortieth
　　50 fifty                            50th fiftieth
　　60sixty                            60th sixtieth
　　70seventy                          70th seventieth
　　80eighty                           80th eightieth
　　90ninety                           90th ninetieth
　　100 a hundred                      100th hundredth

　　0     *nought          0 is pronounced nought before a point and oh after a point in
　　British English. It is pronounced zero in US English.
　　100      a hundred
　　1,000    a thousand
　　1,000,000 a million

　　1,000,000,000 a billion (US English)    
　　1,000,000,000,000 a billion (British English)
　 　In the pass, US and British billions were not the same. But US billions are now often used by British companies and newspapers.

　　Fractions
　　1/4  a quarter   1/3 a third   1/2 a half   4/5  four fifths

　　Decimals
　　0.5 nought point five
　　0.25 nought point two five
　　10.06 ten point oh six
　　27.27 twenty-seven point two seven
　　*Pronounce numbers individually after a decimal point.

　　Telling the time
　　A simple way to tell the time is to say the numbers.
　　10.20 ten twenty                     11.15 eleven fifteen
　　4.45 four forty-five
　　You can say the hours in two ways:
　　9：00  nine   or    nine o’clock  

　　But don’t make this common mistake
　　nine-thirty o’clock----- This is wrong.

　　If you need to be exact you can say: ten a.m. or ten in the morning
　　and ten p.m. or ten at night

　　You can also tell the time in this way:

　　1.00 one o’clock   3.10 ten past three  4.15 a quarter past four  5.30 half past five
　　5.35 twenty-five to six  6.45 a quarter to seven (这种表达时间的方式在口语和考试中经常出现)

　　Days: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

　　Months: January February March April May June July
　　August September October November December

　　Seasons: spring summer autumn (US English: fall) winter

　　Years:  Written              Spoken
　　1992                nineteen ninety-two
　　1066                ten sixty-six
　　1908
　　1900     
　　2008
　　Dates:       BE                                AE
　　Spoken   The sixteenth of September(16th Sept.)     Sixteenth September
　　September the sixteenth (Sept. 16th)       September sixteenth
　　Written   16(th) September                      16(th) September
　　16/9/98                              9/16/98

　　电话号码表达：62196566  电话号码通常一位一位的读。 double /triple]
　　钱的表达法：￡8.50 eight pounds fifty pence    eight pounds fifty
　　eight fifty

　　2. 工作和考试中常见国家、国籍、首都及重大城市名称：

　　亚洲
　　China               Chinese          Beijing
　　Japan               Japanese         Tokyo (Osaka, Yokohama, Kobe)
　　South Korea       South Korean   Seoul
　　Thailand            Thai              Bangkok
　　Indonesia            Indonesian        Jakarta
　　Vietnam             Vietnamese        Hanoi
　　Malaysia             Malaysian        Kuala Lumpur
　　Pakistan             Pakistani         Islamabad
　　Philippines           Philippine        Manila
　　Singapore            
　　Hong Kong
　　Macao
　　India                Indian             New Delhi(Bombay)

　　欧洲
　　Italy                 Italian            Rome
　　Sweden              Swedish           Stockholm
　　Switzerland           Swiss             Geneva
　　Norway              Norwegian         Oslo
　　Finland              Finnish            Helsinki
　　Denmark             Danish            Copenhagen                 
　　Germany            German           Berlin (Bonn/ Hamburg)
　　France              French            Paris
　　Britain (the UK)      British            London
　　Spain               Spanish             Madrid
　　Russia              Russian             Moscow
　　Austria              Austrian            Vienna
　　Greece              Greek              Athens
　　Poland              Polish              Warsaw

　　美洲
　　The USA            ( North American)    Washington(Chicago/New York/San Francisco
　　Seattle/Hawaii / Los Angeles/Detroit/Atlanta
　　Canada              Canadian           Ottawa (Montreal/Vancouver/Toronto)
　　Mexico              Mexican           Mexico City
　　Brazil               Brazilian           Brasilia ( Rio De Janeiro or Rio/Sao Paulo)
　　Argentina            Argentino           Buenos Aires
　　Chile                                   Santiago
　　Peru     
        Lima

　　大洋洲
　　Australia        Australian                Canberra (Sydney/Melbourne/Perth)
　　New Zealand     New Zealander            Wellington

　　非洲
　　Egypt          Egyptian                  Cairo

　　补充：

　　Middle East: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon
　　African States: Kenya, Nigeria（尼日利亚）, South Africa
　　Eastern Europe: Hungary, Czech

　　3．在考试中曾经出现的公司的不同称呼：

　　1 company
　　Our company imports general merchandise.
　　Co.
　　The London Trading Co.
　　Shell Co.
　　limited  Ltd
　　The Beijing Electric Light Company, Ltd.
　　International Trading Co. Ltd.

　　Inc.=Incorporated
　　Oriental Horizons Inc

　　joint venture company
　　joint stock company

　　2  corporation
　　China national export Commodities packing Corporation
　　Corp.    American Natural Resources Corp.
　　Limited liability company

　　3  firm
　　We have got no reply from that firm.
　　Generally, firms have two principal sources of investment funds---debt and equity.

　　4  concern
　　firm house company
　　It was then the greatest publishing concern.
　　They are a big concern.
　　A going concern.

　　5  associated company (associate)
　　Our associated company there will have the labels printed to comply with the FDA regulations.
　　Associated Container Line
　　Associated Newspapers

　　6 house
　　She works for a big publishing house.
　　London fashion house

　　7 business
　　Many shipping businesses are facing collapse this year because of uneconomic freight rates.

　　8 line
　　Trans World Airlines

　　9 syndicate

　　10 transnational corporation/multi-national enterprise/international firm

　　11 branch/division

　　12 subsidiary

　　13group

　　14plc=public limited company

　　15state (owned) enterprise    Foreign (owned) company  Franchise

　　16 organization

　　4．公司中的各个部门、职位的称呼：

　　Department=Dept.    division=section

　　Human Resources:
　　Training: organizes and arranges training courses for the staff
　　Personnel: recruits new employees
　　Wages and Salaries: pays the staff

　　Production (Manufacturing):
　　Production: manufactures(produces) the products
　　Packaging: packs the products and puts them in boxes and crates
　　Distribution: dispatches the products and sends them to the customers
　　Quality Control: checks the quality---organizes control systems to prevent mistakes.
　　Maintenance: services (takes care of ) the machines and equipment.

　　Marketing:
　　Marketing: plans how to sell new products
　　Sales: sells the products to customers
　　After(Post)-Sales Services: is responsible for after after-sales care and looks after customers’
　　problems and complaints
　　Advertising: runs advertising campaigns and places ads in magazines

　　Finance:
　　Purchasing ( Buying): buys (purchases) supplies
　　Customers’ Accounts: sends invoices to customers ( invoices customers)
　　Financial Services: deals with taxation, investment, and cash management.

　　补充部门：
　　Accounting: working out the company’s costs and its profits
　　Administrative (Administration): in charge of the control and direction of affairs of the company
　　Bookkeeping: keeping the accounts of money of business company.
　　Promotion: helping the selling of products
　　Reception: receiving visitors to a hotel or large organization
　　Transportation: carrying goods from one place to another
　　Warehousing: storing the company’s products

　　PR=Public Relations   HR=Human Resources  QC=Quality Control 
　　IT=Information Technology  R&D=Research and Development
　　Post room     Stationery Dept.    Typing pool    restroom  Canteen/Cafeteria/Dining hall

　　各种职位：
　　accountant, book keeper, buyer(purchaser), clerk, Finance Manager, secretary ( Company Secretary)
　　Price controller, Production supervisor, quality controller, retail sales manager, receptionist
　　Sales manager/executive/assistant/agent/person/ representative(rep)/coordinator
　　PA=Personal Assistant
　　Rep. = Representative
　　BE: manager    Managing Director(MD)/CE     Board of Directors  Chairman
　　AE: Director    Chief Executive Officer(CEO)  CFO COO  CKO  President

　　考试中常见的货币符号 ￥=Japanese Yen  ＄=dollar   ￡=pound