<p>1.時間點的表達</p><p> 所有的時間都可以用【小時 + 分鐘】直接讀:</p><p>6:10 six ten</p><p>8:30 eight thirty</p><p>2:40 two forty</p><p>2. 如果所表述的時間在半小時之內(nèi),可以用【分鐘 + past + 小時】:</p><p>6:10 ten past six</p><p>4:20 twenty past four</p><p>10:25 twenty-five past ten</p><p>3. 如果所表述的時間在半小時之外,可以用【(相差的)分鐘 + to + (下一)小時】:</p><p>10:35 twenty-five to eleven</p><p>5:50 ten to six</p><p>9:49 eleven to ten</p><p>4. 如果所表述的時間恰好為半小時,可以用【half + past + 小時】:</p><p>11:30 half past eleven</p><p>2:30 half past two</p><p>5. 如果所表述的分鐘和15有關(guān),就有三種表達法:</p><p>(15分鐘又叫一刻鐘:a quarter)</p><p>9:15 </p><p>nine fifteen ; fifteen past nine ; a quarter past nine</p><p>3:45 </p><p>three forty-five ; fifteen to four ; a quarter to four</p><p>6. 整點的表達:</p><p>It's two./It's two o clock.</p><p>現(xiàn)在是兩點整。</p><p>(另外英語中的 noon 和 midnight 可分別直接表示白天和夜晚的12點)</p><p>現(xiàn)在是中午十二點。</p><p>It's (twelve) noon. </p><p>現(xiàn)在是半夜零點。</p><p>It's (twelve) midnight. </p><p>7. 大約時間:</p><p>It's almost two. </p><p>馬上到兩點了。</p><p>It's not quite two. </p><p>還不到兩點。</p><p>It's just after two.</p><p>剛過兩點。</p><p>8. 若想表明是上午,可在時間后加上a.m.;同理,下午加p.m.</p><p>thirteen past six a.m.</p><p>上午六點十三分。</p><p>four o clock p.m.</p><p>下午四點。</p><p>練一練:</p><p>現(xiàn)在九點四十五分!</p><p>It's nine forty-five. =It's a quarter to ten.</p><p>現(xiàn)在兩點十七分!</p><p>It's two seventeen. =It's seventeen past two.</p><p>現(xiàn)在三點鐘!</p><p>It's three. =It's three o clock.</p><p>現(xiàn)在九點半!</p><p>It's nine thirty. =It's half past nine.</p><p>現(xiàn)在六點十五分!</p><p>It's six fifteen. =It's a quarter past six.</p><p>現(xiàn)在三點五十分!</p><p>It's three fifty. =It's ten to four.2. 世紀(jì)、年、月、日的表達</p><p>1. 世紀(jì):</p><p>① 用“定冠詞+序數(shù)詞+century”表示</p><p>例:在十七世紀(jì) </p><p>寫作:in the 17th century</p><p>讀作:in the seventeenth century</p><p>② 用“定冠詞+百位進數(shù)+s”表示</p><p>例:在十七世紀(jì) </p><p>寫作:in the 1600s</p><p>讀作:in the sixteen hundreds</p><p>(注意:這種情況下,實際表達的世紀(jì)數(shù)是阿拉伯?dāng)?shù)字本身加一)</p><p>2. 年代:</p><p>① 用“定冠詞+(世紀(jì)百位進數(shù)+十位年代數(shù))+s”表示</p><p>例:在二十世紀(jì)三十年代 </p><p>寫作:in the 1930s</p><p>讀作:in the thirties of the twentieth century</p><p>in the nineteen thirties</p><p>② 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</p><p>在二十世紀(jì)二十年代早期</p><p>in the early 1920s</p><p>在二十世紀(jì)五十年代中期 </p><p>in the mid-1950s</p><p>3. 年月日:</p><p>(1)年份</p><p>① 讀年份時一般分為兩個單位來讀,前兩個數(shù)為一個,后兩個數(shù)為一個:</p><p>1949 </p><p>讀作:nineteen forty-nine</p><p>nineteen hundred and forty-nine</p><p>② 如果是三位數(shù),先讀第一位,再把后兩個數(shù)合起來讀:</p><p>253 </p><p>讀作:two fifty-three</p><p>two hundred and fifty-three</p><p>③ 另外: </p><p>2000</p><p>讀作:two thousand</p><p>1902 </p><p>讀作:nineteen hundred and two</p><p>nineteen o two</p><p>④ 如果要使用year,year放在數(shù)詞之前:</p><p>in the year two fifty-three B.C. </p><p>在公元前253年</p><p>(2)月份</p><p>月份是專有名詞,除了少數(shù)幾個月份外都有縮寫形式:</p><p>January </p><p>Jan. 一月 </p><p>February </p><p>Feb. 二月 </p><p>March </p><p>Mar. 三月 </p><p>April </p><p>Apr. 四月 </p><p>August </p><p>Aug. 八月 </p><p>September </p><p>Sept. 九月</p><p>October </p><p>Oct. 十月 </p><p>November </p><p>Nov. 十一月 </p><p>December </p><p>Dec. 十二月</p><p>(注意:縮寫形式后面的點不能省略,因為它是表示縮寫形式的符號)</p><p>(3)日期:</p><p>用序數(shù)詞表示</p><p>例:十月一日 </p><p>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.</p><p>讀作:October the first</p><p>the first of October</p><p>(4)年月日</p><p>① 月日年</p><p>例:2002年1月17日</p><p>寫作:January 17(th), 2002</p><p>January seventeenth, 2002</p><p>讀作:January the seventeenth,two thousand and two</p><p>② 日月年</p><p>例:2002年1月17日</p><p>寫作:17(th) January, 2002</p><p>the seventeenth of January, 2002</p><p>讀作:the seventeenth of January, two thousand and two</p><p>4. 介詞的使用:</p><p>若指在哪一年或哪一月,用介詞in;</p><p>若具體到某一天,需用介詞on。</p><p>She was born in 1989.</p><p>She was born in August.</p><p>She was born in August 1989.</p><p>She was born on 2nd August, 1989.</p>