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 There are two common ways of telling the time.有两种表达时间的方式
1) Say the hour first and then the minutes. (Hour + Minutes) 小时+分钟 6:25 - It's six twenty-five 8:05 - It's eight O-five (the O is said like the letter O) 9:11 - It's nine eleven 2:34 - It's two thirty-four
2) Say the minutes first and then the hour. (Minutes + PAST / TO + Hour) 分钟+ past/to + 小时 For minutes 1-30 we use PAST after the minutes. For minutes 31-59 we use TO after the minutes. 2:35 - It's twenty-five to three 11:20 - It's twenty past eleven 4:18 - It's eighteen past four 8:51 - It's nine to nine 2:59 - It's one to three
表示15分钟时，通常用quater When it is 15 minutes past the hour we normally say: (a) quarter past 7:15 - It's (a) quarter past seven
When it is 15 minutes before the hour we normally say: a quarter to 12:45 - It's (a) quarter to one
When it is 30 minutes past the hour we normally say: half past 3:30 - It's half past three (but we can also say three-thirty)
O'clock We use o'clock when there are NO minutes. 10:00 - It's ten o'clock 5:00 - It's five o'clock 1:00 - It's one o'clock Sometimes it is written as 9 o'clock (the number + o'clock)
12:00 For 12:00 there are four expressions in English. twelve o'clock midday = noon midnight |
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