1、几点钟表达一 最直接的读法:“小时 + 分钟”:5:10 five ten 7:30 seven thirty 2:40 two forty二 巧用介词法:(1)所表述的时间在 30 分钟之内,用“分钟 + past / after + 小时”:6:10 ten past six(英式) / ten after six(美式 )4:20 twenty past four / twenty after four10:25 twenty-five past ten / twenty-five after ten(2)所表述的时间在 30 分钟之后,用“(相差的)分钟 + to /before +
2、(下一)小时”:10:35 twenty-five to eleven(英式 ) / twenty-five before eleven(美式)5:50 ten to six / ten before six9:49 eleven to ten / eleven before ten(3) 所表述的时间恰好为半小时,用“half + past + 小时”:11:30 half past eleven 2:30 half past two(4) 所表述的分钟和 15 有关,有三种表达法:(15 分钟又叫一刻钟:a quarter)9:15 - nine fifteen ; fifteen pas
3、t nine ; a quarter past nine(英式)/a quarter after nine(美式)3:45 - three forty-five ; fifteen to four ; a quarter to four / a quarter before four(5)整点现在是五点整。Its five. Its five oclock.三 另外,还有这种情况:Noon:表示白天的 12 点 , midnight:表示夜晚的 12 点at noon 正午 12 点, at midnight 午夜 12 点Its (twelve) noon. 现在是中午十二点。Its (tw
4、elve) midnight. 现在是半夜零点。四 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。五 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 oclock p.m.(下午四点)。六 提前半小时half an hour early / thirty minutes early / early by half an hour / half an hour ahead
5、of time /half an hour ahead of schedule.例:I get up at ten to eight. 我 7:50 起床。年月日表达方法1) 8th March,2004 或 8 March,2004(英式)2) March 8th,2004 或 March 8,2004 (美式)日期写法宜遵从下列规则:1)年份必 须完全写明,不可用“04 代替 2004;2)月份必 须用英文拼出或采用公认的简写,即 January(Jan) February(Feb.) March(Mar.) April(Apr.) May, June, July, August (Aug
6、.) September(Sept.) October(Oct.)November(Nov.) December(Dec.)3)日期可用序数词,如:1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,.;也可用基数词,如:1,2,3,4,.但美式大多采用后者;例:4) 在年份和月日之间必须用逗号隔开;如 2017 年 2 月 9 日。写法:9th February, 2017(英式)February 9, 2017(美式)读法:The ninth February, twenty seventeen(英式)February the ninth, twenty seventeen(美式)时间介词用法 1、用
7、in 的场合(1)表示“在某年/月/季节”这个含义时,须用介词 in.例如:in 1980. in may in spring.(2)表示“ 从现在起一段时间以后”时,须用介词 in.例如:They will go to see you in a week.(3)表示“ 在某世纪”时,须用介词 in.例如:This machine was invented in the eighteenth century.(4)表示“ 在某年代或特定世纪某年代”时,须用介词 in.例如:This incident happened in the 1970s.除此之外,morning / evening /
8、afternoon 三个词也常跟介 词 in 连用.二、用 on 的场合(1)表示“在具体的某一天”或“(在具体的某一天的)早上、中午、晚上”等,须用介词 on.例如:on May 10th,1982, on a rainy morning, on a summer afternoon.(2)表示“在星期几”或“在星期几的早上、中午、晚上”等,须用介词 on.例如:on weekdays,on Saturday morning, on monday.(3)表示“在某一节日”时,须用介词 on.例如:on Mid-autumn Festival,on TeachersDay.注意:当 morni
9、ng,evening,afternoon 被 of 短语修饰, 习惯上用 in,而不用 on.例如:in the early morning of September 10th 在 9 月 10 的清晨;in the late afternoon of September 12th 在 9 月 12 日的傍晚.三、用 at 的 场合(1)表示“某一具体时刻(即几点几分时)”,须用介词 at.例如:at six(2)用在特定的 时候(时节 、时机)时,须用介词 at.例如:They were happy at that time.他们那时很幸福.(3)表示“在中午、在夜晚、在周末(on/at)”
10、 时,须用介词 at.例如:What do you often do at noon?你中午经常做些什么?You can see many stars in the sky at night.夜晚你能看到天空中有许多星星.(4)表示“在岁”时,须用介词 at.例如:At the age of nine ,the boy could swim well.在九岁的时候, 这孩子就游泳游得很好了.四、用 by 的 场合by+时间名词.意为:“到 时(已发生某事),此时谓语多用完成时;最晚、不迟于,在之前”.如:by now /then /this time /next Friday /the end of /three oclock 等.By the end of last year,another new gymnasium had been completed.到去年年底,又有一座新体育馆峻工了.The train leaves at 6:00 pm.So I have to be at the station by 5:40 pm at the latest.火车下午六点开,所以最晚我得五点四十赶到车站.