时间点的表达 1.所有的时间都可以用【小时 + 分钟】直接读: 6:10 six ten 8:30 eight thirty 2:40 two forty 2.如果所表述的时间在半小时之内,可以用【分钟 + past + 小时】: 6:10 ten past six 4:20 twenty past four 10:25 twenty-five past ten 3.如果所表述的时间在半小时之外,可以用【(相差的)分钟 + to + (下一)小时】: 10:35 twenty-five to eleven 5:50 ten to six 9:49 eleven to ten 4.如果所表述的时间恰好为半小时,可以用【half + past + 小时】: 11:30 half past eleven 2:30 half past two 5.如果所表述的分钟和15有关,就有三种表达法: 15分钟又叫一刻钟:a quarter 9:15 nine fifteen ; fifteen past nine ; a quarter past nine 3:45 three forty-five ; fifteen to four ; a quarter to four 6、整点的表达: It's two./It's two o'clock. 现在是两点整。 另外英语中的 noon 和midnight 可分别直接表示白天和夜晚的12点: 现在是中午十二点。 It's (twelve) noon. 现在是半夜零点。 It's (twelve) midnight. 7、大约时间: It's almost two. 马上到两点了。 It's not quite two. 还不到两点。 It's just after two. 刚过两点。 8、若想表明是上午,可在时间后加上a.m. 如: thirteen past six a.m. 上午六点十三分。 若想表明是下午,可在时间后加上p.m. 如: four o'clock p.m. 下午四点。 9.句子范例 1.现在九点四十五分! It's nine forty-five. =It's a quarter to ten. 2. 现在两点十七分! It's two seventeen. =It's seventeen past two. 3. 现在三点钟! It's three. =It's three o'clock. 4. 现在九点半! It's nine thirty. =It's half past nine. 5. 现在六点十五分! It's six fifteen. =It's a quarter past six. 6. 现在三点五十分! It's three fifty. =It's ten to four. 世纪、年代、年、月、日的表达 1.世纪: ①用“定冠词+序数词+century”表示 例: 在十七世纪 写作: in the 17th century 读作: in the seventeenth century ②用“定冠词+百位进数+s”表示 例: 在十七世纪 写作: in the 1600s 读作: in the sixteen hundreds 注意:这种情况下,实际表达的世纪数是阿拉伯数字本身加一。 2、年代 用“定冠词+(世纪百位进数+十位年代数)+s”表示 例: 在二十世纪三十年代 写作: in the 1930s 读作: in the thirties of the twentieth century in the nineteen thirties 表示某年代的早期、中期和晚期,可以在定冠词后添加early, mid-和late 例如: 在二十世纪二十年代早期 in the early 1920s 在二十世纪五十年代中期 in the mid-1950s 3.年月日 1)年份 ① 读年份时一般分为两个单位来读,前两个数为一个,后两个数为一个: 1949 读作: nineteen forty-nine nineteen hundred and forty-nine ② 如果是三位数,先读第一位,再把后两个数合起来读: 253 读作: two fifty-three two hundred and fifty-three ③ 另外: 2000 读作: two thousand 1902 读作: nineteen hundred and two nineteen o two ④ 如果要使用year,year放在数词之前 例如: in the year two fifty-three B.C. 在公元前253年 2)月份 月份是专有名词,除了少数几个月份外都有缩写形式: January Jan. 一月 February Feb. 二月 March Mar. 三月 April Apr. 四月 August Aug. 八月 September Sept. 九月 October Oct. 十月 November Nov. 十一月 December Dec. 十二月 注意:缩写形式后面的点不能省略,因为它是表示缩写形式的符号。 3)日期: 用序数词表示 例: 十月一日 写作: October 1, October 1st, 1 October, 1st October, (the) 1st of October等, 其中的October都可以写成缩写形式Oct. 读作: October the first the first of October 4)年月日 用英语表达年月日的顺序: ① 月\日\年 例: 2002年1月17日 写作: January 17(th), 2002 January seventeenth, 2002(日和年之间需用逗号隔开) 读作: January the seventeenth,two thousand and two ②日\月\年 例: 2002年1月17日 写作: 17(th) January, 2002 the seventeenth of January, 2002(月和年之间需用逗号隔开) 读作: the seventeenth of January, two thousand and two 4. 介词的使用: 若指在哪一年或哪一月,用介词in;若具体到某一天,需用介词on。 例如: She was born in 1989. She was born in August. She was born in August 1989. She was born on 2nd August, 1989. |
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