专外课件 chapter 10 tranlation in EsT_2013.pptVIP

Chapter 10: Translation;2: Translation for numbers;;Multiplication;A is n times the/that of B The length of book A is four times that of B;;We also use the word “increase, step up, grow, multiply” to express the comparisons of multiple expressions.;With the result of automation, productivity has increased six times in that factory. 由于自动化，那个工厂的生产率增长到了原来的6倍 The students in this university are three times more than those in that university. 这所大学的学生人数是哪所大学的3倍。 这所大学的学生人数比那所大学的人数多2倍;decrease;decrease by n times decrease n times decrease by a factor of n, 降低到原来的1/n，或降低了n-1/n We didn’t say: decrea