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@ 21129 How Many Zeroes
A* 小軍，五萬有幾個零？*
* Xiǎo Jūn, wǔ wàn yǒu jǐ ge líng? *
* Xiao Jun, how many zeroes are there in ``fifty-thousand"?*
B* 我想想，個，十，百，千，萬，4個零。*
* wǒ xiǎng xiang, gè, shí, bǎi, qiān, wàn, sì ge líng. *
* Let me think: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands. Four zeroes.*
A* 這麼慢！那五億有幾個零？*
* zhème màn! nà wǔ yì yǒu jǐ ge líng? *
* So slow! So how many are there in ``five hundred million"?*
B* 個，十，百，千，萬，十萬……*
* gè, shí , bǎi, qiān, wàn, shíwàn......*
* Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands...*
A* 快點兒！*
* kuài diǎnr! *
* Faster!*
B* 萬，十萬，百萬，哎呀，我糊塗了。*
* wàn, shíwàn, bǎiwàn, āiyā, wǒ hútu le. *
* Ten thousands, hundred thousands, millions--agh, I'm confused.*
A* 你再想想！*
* nǐ zài xiǎng xiang! *
* Think about it!*
B* 我數學差，你別問我了。*
* wǒ shùxué chà, nǐ bié wèn wǒ le. *
* I'm terrible at math. Don't ask me anymore!*
Key Vocabulary* *
零* líng* zero
個* gè* measure word, ones place
十* shí* ten
百* bǎi* hundred
千* qiān* thousand
萬* wàn* ten thousand
十萬* shíwàn* one hundred thousand
百萬* bǎiwàn* million
億* yì* hundred millions
想* xiǎng* to think about
這麼* zhème* this
慢* màn* slow
快* kuài* quick
糊塗* hútu* confused
再* zài* again
數學* shùxué* mathematics
差* chà* poor
別* bié* don't
問* wèn* to ask
Supplementary Vocabulary* *
千萬* qiānwàn* ten million
數字* shùzì* number
加* jiā* to add
減* jiǎn* to subtract
乘* chéng* to multiply
除* chú* to divide
等於* děngyú* equals
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