How to say numbers, prices, dimensions, dates and times for tourism

Why learn numbers?

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When do you use numbers in tourism?


To tell the time!


To tell the date!


To tell the price!


To talk about distances!


To describe monuments and naturalfeatures!


Numbers

1,2,3

Tellingthe time

Tellingthe price

Talkingabout

distances

Tellingthe date

Describinga

monument

Describinga naturalfeature


Words on numbers!

• Number = figure

• Digit (0-9)

• Odd numbers: 1,3,5 etc.

• Even numbers: 2,4,6, etc.


Review the numbers from 20 to 99(check that you are able to write and pronounce them correctly)

• 20: twenty

• 30: thirty (and 13: thirteen)

• 40: forty (and 14: fourteen)

• 50: fifty (and 15: fifteen)

• 60: sixty (and 16: sixteen)

• 70: seventy (and 17: seventeen)

• 80: eighty (and 18: eighteen)

• 90: ninety (and 19: nineteen)


Large numbers: hundred.

• 100 – a/one hundred

• 110– a/one hundred (and) ten

• 999– nine hundred (and) ninety-nine

• Notice: no ‘s’ at the end of ‘hundred’• Notice: ‘and’ after ‘hundred’ in British English.• Read: ‘There are 5m inhabitants in this country.’

(no ‘of’ after 5 million)


Large numbers: thousand

• 1,000– a/one thousand

• 2,345– two thousand three hundred (and) forty-five

• Notice: no ‘and’ after ‘thousand’ if there is’hundred’ after

• Notice: a comma (,) to separate groups of three digits

• Notice: no ‘s’ at the end of ‘thousand’


But…

• Thousands of people

• Hundreds of visitors

• Dozens of opportunities

• Millions of euros

• Tens of thousands of Britons

• Scores of tourists


Very large numbers!

• 100,000

– a/one hundred thousand

• 1,000,000

– a/one million

• 1,000,000,000

– a/one milliard/billion

• 123,456,789

– one hundred and twenty-three million four hundredand fifty-six thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine


Telling the time.

• Just say the numbers! Forget ‘past’ ‘to’!

• Your train is leaving at 11:40

– eleven forty

• The shop closes at 20:30

– twenty thirty or eight thirty pm

• The park is open from 9:00 (nine) in the morning to 5:00 (five) in the afternoon.

• 12:00 midday, noon, midnight.


Telling the date.Review the ordinal numbers.

• 1st– first

• 2nd

– second

• 3rd – third

• 4th – fourth

• 5th– fifth


Review the ordinal numbers.

• 6th– sixth

• 7th– seventh

• 8th• eighth

• 9th• ninth

• 10th– tenth and then you just continue to add ‘th’ at the end

of the numbers (except twenty-first etc.)


Telling the date.

• 15 March 2017 – on the fifteenth of March two thousand and

seventeen (or twenty seventeen)

• 1800– eighteen hundred

• 2000 – the year two thousand

• 1066– ten sixty-six


Telling the date.

• 1805

– eighteen ‘oh’ five

• 46BC

– forty-six BC (Before Christ)

• 52AD

– fifty-two AD (Anno Domini, after Christ)

Or more exactly in Latin, Anno Domini Iesu Christi, in the year of our lord Jesus Christ.


Telling the price.

• €45 $456 £1,234

• $7.99 – seven dollars ninety-nine (cents)

• £10.99– Ten pounds ninety-nine (pence)

• And in the context of tourism, £150 pp– A hundred and fifty pounds per person

• €250 pppn– Two hundred and fifty euros per person per night


The price in other words!

• For transport, use ‘fare’:

– Train/rail fare, bus fare, air fare, taxi fare

• For tourist attractions, you can speak of entrance/admission fees


Talking about distances.

• How far is Arcachon (from Bordeaux)?• Arcachon is 60 km away (from Bordeaux).• The modern art museum is just a stone’s throw away

(from the hotel).• The tram stop is within walking distance of the

convention center.• The Galapagos islands are 600 miles off the coast of

Ecuador. • The airport is a mere twenty minute drive from the

resort.• Local trains run every 20 minutes.


Describing the dimensions of a monument or a natural feature.

• The St Andre cathedral is 407 ft long, 59 ftwide and 75 ft high in the nave and 95 ft highin the chancel (altar area, cœur).

• The Garonne river is 1,800ft across/wide in Bordeaux.

• At its headwaters (source of a river), the Mississippi is less than 3 feet deep.


Adjectives and nouns.

• Long

– Length

• High (sometimes tall)

– Height

• Wide

– Width (beam for a boat)

• Deep

– Depth


High or tall?

• For chimneys, towers, skyscrapers, trees, people and anything else you can think whose height is purely vertical, and rises or grows high compared to others of its kind; native speakers will tend to prefer: tall. Its most common antonym is short.– Ex. The leaning tower of Pisa is only 55.86 meters tall– I am taller than my sister.– The giraffe is the tallest animal

• For hills; buildings that are wide as well as tall; walls; women heels; and for objects above (without physical contact) the ground use high. Its antonym is often low.– Six-inch high heel shoes– A high-rise building– The ceiling is 4ft high

• Sometimes both adjectives can be used to describe the same object and are both fully acceptable.– The world's tallest tree is hiding somewhere in California. (...) It's 369 feet high


http://www.leaningtowerofpisa.net/leaning-tower-of-pisa-facts.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_with_the_most_high-rise_buildings

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/04/08/135206497/the-worlds-tallest-tree-is-hiding-somewhere-in-california

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