一,one past thirty ;two past twenty ;three past forty ;以此类推
二,two to thirty ;three to forty;four to twenty.........以此类推
(找找规律就出来了)
half past one
two twenty (twenty after two)
three fourty (twenty to four)
four forty-five (a quarter to five)
a quarter past five
six forty-eight
one to eight
five to nine
a quarter to ten (eight fifty-five)
ten past ten
eleven forty-seven
twelve o'clock
one past thirty two past twenty 以此类推
half past one
如何用英语表示时间
在口语中或朗读英文时,经常有需要表达时间的情况出现。如何准确地用英语表达时间呢?总的来说,有两种表达方法。
一、直接读数字。如:
7:00 读作:seven或seven o”clock
8:30 读作:eight thirty
9:15 读作:nine fifteen
10:30 读作:ten thirty
11:59 读作:eleven fifty - nine
从以上五例中可看出:时间可以直接用基数词表示。表示整点时,可直接读小时的数字,也可在后面加上o”clock来读;表示零几分时,“零”一般读/ /。
二、借助past和to来表示
1. 分钟小于或等于30的用past。past表示“超过”的意思,其中15分读作a quarter,30分钟读作half。如:
6:08 读作:eight past six
7:15 读作:a quarter past seven
8:23 读作:twenty - three past eight
9:30 读作:half past nine
2. 分钟大于30的用to。to表示“差多少”的“差”,因此,分钟大于30的就要看看它与“小时”加“1”还差多少分钟。读“分钟”时,差多少分钟就读多少;读“小时”时要加“1”。其中45分钟是差15分钟,也要读作a quarter。如:
4:32 读作:twenty - eight to five
6:45 读作:a quarter to seven
11:58 读作:two to twelve
12:49 读作:eleven to one(12小时制)
eleven to thirteen(24小时制)
归纳以上借助past和to表达时间的方法,可以编如下的顺口溜记忆其规律:
30分以内,分在前,点在后,past在中间;
30分以外,分用60减,点要加上1,用to来连接。
直接表示时间法:就是按照几点几分的顺序来表示时间。(这个最简单)例如:
8:00——eight(o’clock)?????? 5:20——five twenty
2添加介词表示法
如果分数小于或等于30,就用past来表示,结构是“分钟+past+该点钟“;如果分钟大于30,就用to来表示,结构是“分钟+to+下一点钟
例如:
12:05—— five past twelve
9:50——ten to ten
8:40——twenty to nine
温馨提示:在第二种表示法中,如果分钟是15,一般用a quarter 来代替fifteen; 如果分钟是30, 一般用half来代替thirty。例如:
9:15——a quarter past nine
11:30——half past eleven
2:45——a quarter to three
下面给大家提出一些例句,都是用来表示时间的. 其中既提供了很多种不同的提问时间的方法,也举出了很多对于不同时间的灵活多变的回答. 大家可以在实际应用中模仿着造句.
What time is it, Gordon? 几点了,戈登?
Just after five. 刚过5点。
What's the time now? 现在是什么时刻?
It's quarter past. 一刻了。
Can you tell me the time? 你能告诉我几点了吗?
It's twenty-five past twelve. 12点25分。
Have you got the time? 你知道现在是什么时间吗?
It is nearly one o'clock. 快一点了。
What time does the boat leave from New York? 船什么时间离开纽约?
At a quarter past three in the afternoon. 下午3点15分。
The time is six forty-five. 现在是6点45分。
My watch says six thirty. 我的表是6点30分。
It's five to eight and breakfast's at eight o'clock. 现在差5分8点B,早餐八点钟开。
The time was 10:35 hours Greenwich Mean Time. 现在是格林威治平时10点35分。
I'll be back at quarter past one. 我1点15分回来。
By eleven o'clock Brian was back in his office. 布赖恩11点回到了办公室。
At two o'clock in the morning caslon was still awake. 到凌晨2点卡斯隆还没睡着。
You should be there no later than nine thirty. 你必须在9点半前到那儿。
Office hours are from 9 a.m to 6 p.m 办公时间为早9点到下午6点。
时间表达方法
4:00 four o'clock
four
4 o'clock
04:00 four in the morning
4 a.m
16:00 four in the afternoon
4 p.m
9:00 nine o'clock
nine
9 o'clock
09:00 nine in the morning
9 a.m
21:00 nine in the evening
nine at night
9 p.m
12:00 twelve o'clock
twelve
12 o'clock
12:00 twelve in the morning,
12 a.m
midday
00:00 twelve at night
12 p.m
midnight
12:15,00:15 a quarter past twelve
quarter past twelve
twelve fifteen
a quarter after twelve
02:25,14:25 twenty-five past two
twenty-five minutes past two
two twenty-five
twenty-five after two
11:30,23:30 half past eleven
eleven-thirty
half eleven
half after eleven
12:45,00:45 a quarter to one
quarter to one
twelve forty-five
07:50,19:50 ten to eight
ten minutes to eight
seven fifty