Unit 2 Culture corner
Numbers around the world
世界各地的数
People around the world write numbers in different ways.
世界各地的人们书写数字的方式不同。
The following shows how people from different cultures write one to five.
下图显示了不同文化背景的人如何写从一到五。
Chinese: 一、二、三、四、五
中国:一,二,三,四,五
Romans: Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ, Ⅳ, Ⅴ
罗马:Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ,Ⅳ,Ⅴ
English: one, two, three, four, five
英语:one, two, three, four, five
However, most people around the world use Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.) today.
但是,今日世界上绝大多数人都在使用阿拉伯数字(1,2,3,4,5,等等)。