一. 時(shí)間點(diǎn)的表達(dá) 1、所有的時(shí)間都可以用“小時(shí) + 分鐘”直接讀: 1:9 one nine 2:40 two forty 3:35 three thirty-five 4:12 four twelve 5:27 five twenty-seven 6:10 six ten 7:31 seven thirty-one 8:30 eight thirty 9:49 nine forty-nine 10:01 ten one 11:29 eleven twenty-nine 12:54 twelve fifty-four 2、如果所表述的時(shí)間在半小時(shí)之內(nèi),可以用“分鐘 + past + 小時(shí)”: 1:12 twelve past one 2:23 twenty-three past two 3:24 twenty-four past three 4:09 nine past four 5:16 sixteen past five 6:10 ten past six 7:19 nineteen past seven 8:02 two past eight 9:11 eleven past nine 10:13 thirteen past ten 11:29 twenty-nine past eleven 12:25 twenty-five past twelve 3、如果所表述的時(shí)間在半小時(shí)之外,可以用“(相差的)分鐘 + to + (下一)小時(shí)”: 1:31 twenty-nine to two 2:35 twenty five to three 3:44 sixteen to four 4:47 thirteen to five 5:36 twenty-four to six 6:43 seventeen to seven 7:48 twelve to eight 8:59 one to nine 9:49 eleven to ten 10:37 twenty-three to 11 11:45 fifteen to twelve 4、如果所表述的時(shí)間恰好為半小時(shí),可以用“half + past + 小時(shí)”: 1:30 half past one 2:30 half past two 3:30 half past three 4:30 half past four 5:30 half past five 6:30 half past six 7:30 half past seven 8:30 half past eight 9:30 half past nine 10:30 half past ten 11:30 half past eleven 12:30 half past twelve 5、如果所表述的分鐘和15有關(guān),就有三種表達(dá)法:(15分鐘又叫一刻鐘:a quarter) 1:15 one fifteen = fifteen past one = a quarter past one 1:45 one forty-five = fifteen to two = a quarter to two 2:15 two fifteen = fifteen past two= a quarter past two 2:45 two forty-five = fifteen to three = a quarter to three 3:15 three fifteen = fifteen past three= a quarter past three 3:45 three forty-five = fifteen to four = a quarter to four 4:15 four fifteen = fifteen past four= a quarter past four 4:45 four forty-five = fifteen to five = a quarter to five 5:15 five fifteen = fifteen past five = a quarter past five 5:45 five forty-five = fifteen to six = a quarter to six 6:15 six fifteen = fifteen past six = a quarter past six 6:45 six forty-five = fifteen to seven= a quarter to seven 7:15 seven fifteen = fifteen past seven = a quarter past seven 7:45 seven forty-five = fifteen to eight= a quarter to eight 8:15 eight fifteen = fifteen past eight= a quarter past eight 8:45 eight forty-five = fifteen to nine = a quarter to nine 9:15 nine fifteen = fifteen past nine = a quarter past nine 9:45 nine forty-five = fifteen to ten = a quarter to ten 10:15 ten fifteen = fifteen past ten = a quarter past ten 10:45 ten forty-five = fifteen to eleven= a quarter to eleven 11:15 eleven fifteen = fifteen past eleven= a quarter past eleven 11:45 eleven forty-five = fifteen to twelve= a quarter to twelve 12:15 twelve fifteen = fifteen past twelve = a quarter past twelve 12:45 twelve forty-five = fifteen to one= a quarter to one 6、整點(diǎn)的表達(dá): 現(xiàn)在是兩點(diǎn)整。It's two./It's two o'clock. 另外英語中的 noon 和midnight 可分別直接表示白天和夜晚的12點(diǎn): noon: We should be there by noon(twelve). 我們應(yīng)該最晚中午到達(dá)。 It's (twelve) noon. 現(xiàn)在是中午十二點(diǎn)。 midnight: They had to leave at midnight . 他們不得不半夜離開。 It's (twelve) midnight. 現(xiàn)在是半夜零點(diǎn)。 7、大約時(shí)間: It's almost two. 馬上到兩點(diǎn)了。 It's almost noon. 快中午了。 It's almost midnight. 快午夜了。 It's not quite two. 還不到兩點(diǎn)。 It's just after two. 剛過兩點(diǎn)。 8、若想表明是上午,可在時(shí)間后加上a.m. 如: Sometimes I'd even call up at 4 a.m. 有時(shí)我甚至早上四點(diǎn)都打電話。 It starts at 10 a.m. 上午10點(diǎn)開始。 He arose at 6:30 a.m. as usual. 同往常一樣,他在早上6:30起了床。 若想表明是下午,可在時(shí)間后加上p.m. 如: The appointment is at 3 p.m. 約會(huì)定于下午3點(diǎn)。 The spa closes at 9:00 pm. 休閑健身中心晚上9點(diǎn)關(guān)門。 9、句子范例 1.It's nine forty-five. =It's a quarter to ten. 2. It's two seventeen. =It's seventeen past two. 3. It's three. =It's three o'clock. 4. It's nine thirty. =It's half past nine. 5. It's six fifteen. =It's a quarter past six. 6. It's three fifty. =It's ten to four. 二. 世紀(jì)、年代、年、月、日的表達(dá) 1、世紀(jì): ①用“定冠詞+序數(shù)詞+century”表示 例: 在十七世紀(jì) 寫作:in the 17th century,讀作:in the seventeenth century ②用“定冠詞+百位進(jìn)數(shù)+s”表示 例: 在十七世紀(jì) 寫作:in the 1600s,讀作:in the sixteen hundreds 注意:這種情況下,實(shí)際表達(dá)的世紀(jì)數(shù)是阿拉伯?dāng)?shù)字本身加一。 2、年代 用“定冠詞+(世紀(jì)百位進(jìn)數(shù)+十位年代數(shù))+s”表示 例: 在二十世紀(jì)三十年代 寫作:in the 1930s,讀作:in the thirties of the twentieth century或 in the nineteen thirties 表示某年代的早期、中期和晚期,可以在定冠詞后添加early, mid-和late 例如: 在二十世紀(jì)二十年代早期 in the early 1920s;在二十世紀(jì)五十年代中期 in the mid-1950s 3、年月日 1)年份 ① 讀年份時(shí)一般分為兩個(gè)單位來讀,前兩個(gè)數(shù)為一個(gè),后兩個(gè)數(shù)為一個(gè):1949 讀作:nineteen forty-nine或nineteen hundred and forty-nine ② 如果是三位數(shù),先讀第一位,再把后兩個(gè)數(shù)合起來讀:253 讀作:two fifty-three或two hundred and fifty-three ③ 另外:2000 讀作:two thousand,1902 讀作:nineteen hundred and two或 nineteen o two ④ 如果要使用year,year放在數(shù)詞之前 例如: in the year two fifty-three B.C. 在公元前253年 2)月份 月份是專有名詞,除了少數(shù)幾個(gè)月份外都有縮寫形式: January - Jan. 一月 February - Feb. 二月 March - Mar. 三月 April - Apr. 四月 May 五月 June - Jun. 六月 July - Jul. 七月 August - Aug. 八月 September - Sept. 九月 October - Oct. 十月 November - Nov. 十一月 December - Dec. 十二月 注意:縮寫形式后面的點(diǎn)不能省略,因?yàn)樗潜硎究s寫形式的符號(hào)。 3)日期:用序數(shù)詞表示 例: 十月一日 寫作:October 1, October 1st, 1 October, 1st October, (the) 1st of October等,其中的October都可以寫成縮寫形式Oct. 讀作:October the first或the first of October 4)年月日 用英語表達(dá)年月日的順序: ① 月\日\年 例:2002年1月17日 寫作:January 17(th), 2002或January seventeenth, 2002(日和年之間需用逗號(hào)隔開) 讀作:January the seventeenth, two thousand and two ②日\月\年 例:2002年1月17日 寫作:17(th) January, 2002或the seventeenth of January, 2002(月和年之間需用逗號(hào)隔開) 讀作:the seventeenth of January, two thousand and two 4. 介詞的使用: 若指在哪一年或哪一月,用介詞in;若具體到某一天,需用介詞on。例如: She was born in 1989. 她出生于1989年。 She was born in August. 她八月份出生。 She was born in August 1989. 她出生于1989年8月。 She was born on 2nd August, 1989. 她出生于1989年8月2日。
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