Half or Five Tenths 半个还是十分之五

时间：2014-03-12 02:47:29

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Teacher: Would1 you rather2 have one half of an orange or five tenths3?
 
Gerald: I'd much rather have the half.
 
Teacher: Think carefully4, and tell me why.
 
Gerald: Because you lose5 too much juice when you cut the orange into five tenths.
 
老师：你愿意要半个柑橘，还是十分之五个柑橘?
 
杰拉得：我宁可要半个。
 
老师：仔细想想，说出理由来。
 
杰拉得：因为你如果把柑橘切成十分之五，那柑橘汁就损失太多了。

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1 would 8fPwB     
aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会
参考例句：
  • Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
  • Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？
2 rather TTOx1     
adv.宁愿，宁可；相当
参考例句：
  • I would rather go out tonight,if you don't mind. 如果你不介意的话，我宁愿今晚出去。
  • This book is rather too easy for this boy.这本书对于这个孩子来说太简单。
3 tenths 812ddfbde82fc9124971e3ab75faeb6d     
n.第十（个）( tenth的名词复数 )；十分之一；第十的，第十个的；十分之一的
参考例句：
  • There was ten tenths cloud at that time. 当时云层厚度是十度。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The first twofigures after the decimal point indicate tenths and hundredthsrespectively. 小数点后的头两位数分别表示十分位和百分位。 来自辞典例句
4 carefully FTDyE     
adv.仔细地；小心地
参考例句：
  • If you watch carefully you will see how to do it. 如果你仔细观察，你就会看出如何做此事了。
  • Now listen carefully everybody.请大家仔细地听。
5 lose h0kxY     
v.丢失，失去，迷失，(钟表)走慢
参考例句：
  • I always lose at cards, with my bad luck.我不走运，打牌总输。
  • I can always lose myself in a good book.一本好书会使我爱不释手。

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