Mister Smith is sixty① years old and yesterday was his 60th② birthday.He still remembers in the 1990s③ when he was in his thirties③,he drank dozens of④ bottles of beer a day.However,he spent thousands of④ dollars in hospital.Later,two fifths⑤ of his spare time was spent in taking exercise.
[规则感悟] ①数词的基本形式为基数词。②表示数词的顺序往往用序数词。大部分是在基数词的基础上加-th。以-y结尾的基数词变序数词,把-y变成-ie再加-th。③“in the+逢十的基数词的复数”表示“在某个世纪几十年代”。“in one’s+逢十的基数词的复数”表示“在某人几十多岁时”。④具体数字+dozen/score/hundred/thousand/million 等词时,后面直接加名词复数;表示笼统数目时,用dozens/scores/hundreds/thousands/millions of+名词复数。⑤分数表达:分子用基数词,分母用序数词。当分子大于1时,分母序数词加-s,如:1/3:one third,2/3:two thirds。