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英语时间的表达方式

所有的时间都可用小时 + 分钟直接读

6:10 six ten

8:30 eight thirty

2:40 two forty

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

如果所表述的时间在半小时之内,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

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

            如果所表述的分钟和15有关,就有三种表达法
9:15 - nine fifteen ;

fifteen past nine ;

a quarter past nine
3:45 - three forty-five ;

fifteen to four ;

a quarter to four

整点

现在是两点整。
Its two.

Its two oclock.

Its two oclock sharp.

Its two oclock on the dot.

Its two oclock on the nose.

Its exactly two oclock .

noon midnight

可分别直接表示白天和夜晚的12点:

Its (twelve) noon. 现在是中午十二点。

It's (twelve) midnight. 现在是半夜零点。

大约时间

Its almost two. 马上到两点了。

Its not quite two. 还不到两点。

Its just after two. 刚过两点 。

a.m. and p.m.

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。

1. 世纪

1) 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) 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

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 centuryin 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-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

A. 年份

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-ninenineteen hundred and forty-nine

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-threetwo hundred and fifty-three

另外: 2000 读作:two thousand1902 读作:nineteen hundred and twonineteen o two

如果要使用yearyear放在数词之前,例如:in the year two fifty-three B.C. 在公元前253

B. 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。

C. 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 firstthe first of October

D. 年月日

用英语表达年月日的顺序:

1) \\

例:2002117

写作:January 17(th), 2002January seventeenth, 2002(日和年之间需用逗号隔开)

读作:January the seventeenth, two thousand and two

2) \\

例:2002117

写作:17(th) January, 2002the 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

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.

Excises 写出下列时间

1. It's nine forty-five.

2. It's two seventeen.

3. It's three.

4. It's nine thirty.

5. It's six fifteen.

6. It's three fifty.



Excises写出下列时间


6:15

9:14

8:09

7:54

10:01

12:23

14:25

10:46

15:15

9:30

2:11

8:33

3:26

6:18

13:15

19:41

23:22

14:09


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