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:
6:10 six ten
8:30 eight thirty
2:40 two forty
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)”:
6:10 ten past six
4:20 twenty past four
10:25 twenty-five past ten
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)”:
10:35 twenty-five to eleven
5:50 ten to six
9:49 eleven to ten
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)”:
11:30 half past eleven
2:30 half past two
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)
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(yǔ)中的 noon 和midnight 可分別直接表示白天和夜晚的12點(diǎn):
It's (twelve) noon. 現(xiàn)在是中午十二點(diǎn)。
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 not quite two. 還不到兩點(diǎn)。
It's just after two. 剛過(guò)兩點(diǎn)。
8、若想表明是上午,可在時(shí)間后加上a.m.
如:thirteen past six a.m.(上午六點(diǎn)十三分)。
若想表明是下午,可在時(shí)間后加上p.m.
如:four o'clock p.m.(下午四點(diǎn))。
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(xiě)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(xiě)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(xiě)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(lái)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(lái)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(zhuān)有名詞,除了少數(shù)幾個(gè)月份外都有縮寫(xiě)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:縮寫(xiě)形式后面的點(diǎn)不能省略,因?yàn)樗潜硎究s寫(xiě)形式的符號(hào)。
3)日期:
用序數(shù)詞表示
例:十月一日 寫(xiě)作:October 1, October 1st, 1 October, 1st October, (the) 1st of October等,其中的October都可以寫(xiě)成縮寫(xiě)形式Oct.
讀作:October the first或the first of October
4)年月日
用英語(yǔ)表達(dá)年月日的順序:
① 月\日\(chéng)年
例:2002年1月17日
寫(xiě)作:January 17(th), 2002或January seventeenth, 2002(日和年之間需用逗號(hào)隔開(kāi))
讀作:January the seventeenth, two thousand and two
②日\(chéng)月\年
例:2002年1月17日
寫(xiě)作:17(th) January, 2002或the seventeenth of January, 2002(月和年之間需用逗號(hào)隔開(kāi))
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.
She was born in August.
She was born in August 1989.
She was born on 2nd August, 1989.