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Do You Understand Number Vocabulary?

By Rowena Tam (露雲娜老師)

· 15 January 2026· 6 min read

香港剛剛慶祝了回歸 25 週年,25 週年的別稱是「銀禧紀念」,英語為 Silver Anniversary 或 Silver Jubilee。其實其他週年紀念也有不同稱號:

年份英語中文
1stPaper Anniversary紙紀念
5thWood Anniversary木紀念
10thAluminum Anniversary鋁紀念
15thCrystal Anniversary水晶紀念
25thSilver Anniversary銀紀念
30thPearl Anniversary珍珠紀念
40thRuby Anniversary紅寶石紀念
50thGolden Anniversary金紀念
60thDiamond Anniversary鑽石紀念
70thPlatinum Anniversary白金紀念
100thCentennial百年紀念

英語亦喜歡利用個別獨立字彙表達數字的意思,考考大家能否真正了解以下句子的含義:

  1. Mum bought a dozen of eggs in the supermarket.(一打)
  2. David spent the last fortnight in Malaysia.(兩星期)
  3. The oil price has risen steadily during the past decade.(十年)
  4. A century ago, Hong Kong was a fishing village.(一世紀)
  5. My brother's room is thrice the size of mine.(三倍)
  6. How did you celebrate the millennium?(千年)
  7. A quarter of the residents are over 50 years old.(四分之一)
  8. We hope our business can grow faster in the new biennium.(兩年)